Shabana has made a statement at Downing Street regarding the prison capacity crisis.

Presenting alongside the Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary, Shabana made the statement in her role as Lord Chancellor.

In her comments, Shabana outlined the challenge the prison service faced, which is expected to be at full capacity by November this year.

Speaking at Downing Street, Shabana said:

This Government will end the cycle of crisis. We will bring order and control back to our prisons. That starts by building more of them.

 

Last December, we published a long-term building strategy, setting out our aim to open up 14,000 prison places by 2031.

 

This is the largest expansion of the prison estate since the Victorians. And we are not wasting time. We have already committed £2.3 billion to prison expansion.

 

And since taking office, we have delivered 2,400 new places.