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Andy Burnham: “As a country, we haven’t invested in the prison estate when we should have, going back over a decade. This has created…”

On the recordAugust 4, 2026
As a country, we haven’t invested in the prison estate when we should have, going back over a decade. This has created an unacceptable situation, with our adult male prisons now at 98 per cent capacity.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

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Addressing prison capacity issues

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