Prisoners to be locked up in laundry rooms under Labour plans to increase space

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A general view of HMP Wandsworth on August 05, 2026 in London, England.The government has revised its emergency prison early release scheme, delaying roll-out to October 2026. Under the new guidelines individuals serving sentences for rape, grooming, and serious child sexual offences are explicitly barred while certain prisoners can be freed on licence after serving one-third of their total custodial sentence. The scheme is to to prevent a total capacity collapse of the UK justice system. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Prison laundry rooms, offices and storage cupboards will be turned into cells as Labour tries out new ways of tackling the capacity crisis.

The lack of space for prisoners has been one of the first maj...

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