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<p>This Government will always ensure that we have enough prison places for those
sent to us by the courts and we continue to modernise the prison estate so that it
delivers best value for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>We have a long term strategy for
managing the prison estate which will provide more adult male prison capacity than
we inherited from the previous Government. We also have a range of contingencies available
to manage temporary or unexpected increases in the population.</p><p> </p><p>Four
new house-blocks (which will be completed by May 2015) consisting of a total of 1,250
new places are being delivered at HMPs Thameside, The Mount, Parc and Peterborough.
These places will open when they are required.</p><p> </p><p>We are also delivering
around 500 places by April 2015 through small scale investments at the following prisons:</p><p>Cardiff</p><p>Chelmsford</p><p>Deerbolt</p><p>Hatfield</p><p>Hewell</p><p>Hollesley
Bay</p><p>Humber</p><p>Kirkham</p><p>Lancaster Farms</p><p>Littlehey</p><p>The Mount</p><p>Norwich</p><p>Standford
Hill</p><p>Stoke Heath</p><p>Swansea</p><p>Thorn Cross</p><p>Wandsworth</p><p>Warren
Hill</p><p>Wymott</p><p> </p><p>We are also constructing a new, modern 2,106 place
prison for North Wales in Wrexham, to be opened in 2017.</p><p> </p>
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