“A Period Of CHAOS” | Burnham To Convert Laundry Rooms To Extra Cells As Prisons Reach 98% Capacity

Andy Burnham’s government is scrambling to tackle Britain’s prison overcrowding crisis by spending £110m converting prison laundries, offices and storerooms into cells. Male prisons are already at 98% capacity, while thousands face early release. The government plans more prison places, but experts warn new cells will be useless without enough prison officers. Critics are also questioning plans to scrap IPP sentences and exclude more serious offenders from early release. Julia Hartley-Brewer interviews Conservative MP, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown. #AndyBurnham #UKPrisons #PrisonCrisis #PrisonOvercrowding #AlexNorris #EarlyRelease #UKPolitics #BritishPolitics #PrisonReform #CriminalJustice Have you got a story? Email tips@talk.tv Click here for more from Talk https://talk.tv If you need any help visit: https://talk.tv/helplines Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/talktv?sub_co...