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I am, what?
Prisons and housing isn't an 'either or' issue.
It will take years to plan and build new prisons. I don't think the current government can be blamed for that - it's down to the one run by the party that vowed to cut taxes as a bribe in the GE.
And any new prisons will need to be staffed. From what I've heard, the prison service is struggling to recruit and retain the staff it needs to run the existing estate.
Surprised that you forgot the legal side. Nothing sinister meant by that just an observation.
As for, 'the prison service is struggling to recruit and retain the staff it needs to run the existing estate'. That is because the system is so bad and massively over populated by convicted felons, that there aren't enough staff that feel they are safe to do their job on a daily basis.
More new prisons built, thus keeping populations to the level they were built for, would be a more manageable environment. Maybe then recruitment and staff retention would be in a better state of affairs. How about deporting anyone currently serving time who's not a UK citizen, be deported forthwith, and I bet there are thousands.
We have reciprocal arrangements with many countries in which serving prisoners are returned to their country of origin to serve their sentences and we accept British prisoners in return.
Returning prisoners without such an arrangement would be bonkers - it would amount to effectively not punishing prisoners simply because aren't British.
And there's a problem of countries simply not accepting the return of their citizens who have committed crimes in the UK. I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that China and India fall into that camp.
A 31 year old male has been sent back to prison after being released under scheme.
His crime?
RAPE!
There were far too many high profile people involved with Saville. His safety net, if you want to call it that was, 'If I go down you lot are coming with me' hence him never being challenged because those in high towers were s.hitting themselves. I bet many breathed a sigh of relief once he died.