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Building prisons

Labour’s policy seems to be the same as the Conservatives’, only more so

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Joshua Rozenberg
May 28, 2024
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Labour will build the prison places that are needed, the shadow justice secretary promised yesterday. Shabana Mahmood was responding to a report in The Times that domestic abusers were being let out of prison early, even though probation officers had raised concerns about risks to the public.

Shabana Mahmood

In a statement, Mahmood said:

This is yet more e…

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