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<p /> <p>The capacity management has been a key element of the Ministry’s efficiency
strategy over the past four years. This work ensures the most effective use of the
prison estate and the closure of less efficient, uneconomic prison places where there
is surplus capacity to do so.</p><p> </p><p>16 Prisons have been closed and two prisons
have been re-roled as Immigration Removal Centres since 2010. Our strategy of replacing
old, uneconomic prison places with new, modern ones has reduced unit costs and delivered
savings of around £155m per annum.</p>
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