Prison Reform Trust: Top most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales

Published: 26 September 2012

Prison Reform Trust, August 2012 Newsletter

Overcrowding and high reoffending rates are a fact of life in today’s prison system according to an analysis of recent prison population statistics by the Prison Reform Trust. Despite opening two new prisons this year with a capacity of 2,500 places, nearly two thirds of prisons in England and Wales are operating at an overcrowded level. 

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