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<p>We continue to focus on the prison capacity challenge.</p><p>To meet rising demand,
we are building c.20,000 modern, rehabilitative prison places – the biggest prison
build programme since the Victorian era. We have already delivered c.5,900 of these,
including through our two new 1,700 places prisons, HMP Five Wells and HMP Fosse Way,
and c.590 Rapid Deployment Cells across 11 sites. By the end of 2025, we are on track
to have delivered around 10,000 places in total.</p><p>On 11 March, I announced the
next steps in our plan, to allow us to go further and faster in removing FNOs. This
includes expediting prisoner transfers with our priority partners such as Albania
and the creation of a new taskforce across the HO and MoJ to change the way we process
FNO cases radically.</p><p>We have also put in place short-term measures across the
prison estate to expand useable capacity, while ensuring our prisons remain safe for
staff and offenders.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the evolving situation
with demand for prison places carefully, so that we can make sure we have the right
approaches in place to maintain the capacity required for a safe and effective criminal
justice system.</p>
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