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New prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding

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New prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding

New prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood opened Category C prison HMP Millsike in Yorkshire on Thursday.

Ms Mahmood admitted the government "are filling prison spaces as fast as we can build themā€ and reforming short sentences alone will not be enough to ease overcrowding.

Report by Kennedyl.

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