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15th Report - Prison estate capacity
Public Accounts Committee
HC 366
Published 14 March 2025
Recommendations
5
Acknowledged
Set out evaluation of prison capacity pressures on safety, violence, and access to services.
Recommendation
The prison capacity crisis risks undermining the safety and security of prisons and reduces HMPPS’s ability to rehabilitate offenders. Due to MoJ’s and HMPPS’s failure to deliver additional prison capacity, the adult male prison estate was operating at 98.0% to …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees, stating that prisons are mandated to set planned delivery focusing on purposeful activity, and governors are held accountable. It notes a substantial evaluation programme is underway for reoffending outcomes but does not specifically detail how the impact of capacity pressures on the requested key areas will be evaluated.
HM Treasury
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