The government has pledged an extra £4 billion for use between 2020-2024 to deliver 18,000 additional prison places and create 4 new prisons (1), yet the National Audit Office found that there is no link between the prison population size and levels of crime (2). Seems like hazy logic to us.
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prisons-courts-and-victim-services-will-benefit-from-spending-review-funding
- https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Winter-2022-Factfile.pdf (page 10, National Audit Office)