He says he wants to make extra prison capacity available. (politics.co.uk)
An additional 1,800 prison places have been confirmed on top of the 8,000 already planned, meaning prison capacity will reach 90,000 in the coming years. (politics.co.uk)
The Conservatives criticised Labour for failing to build enough prison places and promised to stop the early release of criminals and to increase prison capacity as necessary. (conservativehome.blogs.com)