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<p>I refer the honourable member to the answer to PQs 13<ins class="ministerial">7</ins>608-10,
given on 27 April 2018.</p><p> </p><p>As we focus on making our jails safe and decent
places to support rehabilitation between the end of October 2016 and the end of March
2018 we have increased prison officer numbers by 3,111, which is already significantly
over our target of 2,500 additional staff by the end of December 2018. These recruitment
efforts form part of a wider drive to ensure that all prisons are fully staffed so
that they can deliver safe and decent regimes.</p>
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