{"id":6589,"date":"2025-08-11T11:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonersadvice.org.uk\/?p=6589"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:35:16","slug":"independent-prison-capacity-review-points-to-systemic-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/08\/11\/independent-prison-capacity-review-points-to-systemic-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"INDEPENDENT PRISON CAPACITY REVIEW POINTS TO SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The newly published Independent Prison Capacity Review<\/a> sets out the growth of the prison population crisis, the various responses from different governments and the costs subsequently entailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The prison capacity crisis is described as ‘a symptom of a systemic and long-running problem: the apparently irresistible pressure for more and longer prison sentences coming up against the immovable object of the difficulty, expense and overall effectiveness of building and running more prisons.’<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report aims to \u201cset up and\u00a0reinforce systems that do not just signal problems and approaching crises – but stimulate preventive action to avoid them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommendations include a ten-year strategy for developing prison and probation capacity, an independent monitoring body to assess the impact of any changes to the Criminal Justice System on prison capacity, a better-resourced probation service and investment in housing, employment, mental health, drug and alcohol treatment services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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