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New juvenile prison build stopped
Plans to build a new 360 place juvenile prison on the site of HMYOI Glen Parva will not be pursued as part of additional budget savings.
A cheaper, equivalent number of adult prison places will instead be provided on existing prison sites in a move that reflects the falling population of juveniles in custody.
This forms part of the £325m that the Ministry of Justice will contribute to the savings of £6billion for this financial year (2010-2011), as announced by the Chancellor earlier this week.
Prisons and Probation Minister Crispin Blunt said:
'Meeting the demands of the prison capacity programme more efficiently allows us to play our part in contributing savings to reduce the budget deficit.
'The number of juveniles in custody is falling so it makes financial sense for us to boost the adult prison capacity by increasing the number of prison places available on existing sites – an alternative that provides substantially better value for the taxpayer.
'This Government is committed to reforming the youth justice system to ensure reoffending rates are as low as possible while also dealing with serious offenders.'
Notes to editors:
- Further details on the Government’s savings towards the £6.2 billion can be found on HM Treasury website
- For further details, call the MoJ News Desk on 020 3334 3536
