Plans to deport foreign convicted criminals sooner in a bid to free up prison places risks reducing the deterrent for committing crime, ministers have been warned.The Ministry of Justice now wants to bring that forward to 18 months in a move that is hoped will save £70,000 per prisoner.
Amid huge pressures on prison capacity, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk wants to speed up the removal of foreign offenders from jail cells There are currently serious concerns about overcrowding in British prisons, with around 88,000 people currently incarcerated in England and Wales.
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