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Nearly 2,000 prison cells sit empty because of fire risk as Andy Burnham proposes putting male inmates in female jails

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Nearly 2,000 prison cells sit empty because of fire risk as Andy Burnham proposes putting male inmates in female jails
GB News
GB News1 hrs ago
Nearly 2,000 prison cells sit empty because of fire risk as Andy Burnham proposes putting male inmates in female jails
Nearly 2,000 prison cells sit empty because of fire risk as Andy Burnham proposes putting male inmates in female jails  GB News
Evening Standard
Evening Standard🏁 first to report1 days ago
Male criminals to be kept in female jails under Burnham's plan to tackle prison overcrowding
The Prime Minister stressed that some criminals will have to be let out of jail early to prevent the ‘prison system collapsing’
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