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<p>Prisons are selected for closure through a well-established process including an
economic analysis that identifies those prisons that are no longer fit for purpose
in the modern prison estate and/or are most expensive to operate or maintain. The
assessment also considers the impact of closure on the ability of the National Offender
Management Service to deliver its business effectively.</p><p>Following a decision
to close a prison and it subsequently being decommissioned the Ministry of Justice
will prepare the site for disposal. At that stage, the Ministry of Justice will work
closely with the local authority and others, on future options for the site. No decisions
have yet been made about closures, other than those already announced.</p>
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