SKY NewsMoJ unveils plans to build two prisons housing 3,430 inmates in Essex

[Streetwalker]

Maybe that's because lots of ne'er do wells and miscreants came across to the UK as economic migrants where the robberies are more productive. We seem to have gained a few murderers to. So their loss is our dubious gain, leaving their prisons empty while ours fill up with foreigners.

Your right barry , deportations would be cheaper than more prisons

[Barry]

The average prison admissions of the 47 Council of Europe member states was 149.8 per 100,000 whereas in England and Wales it was 215.5.

Maybe that's because lots of ne'er do wells and miscreants came across to the UK as economic migrants where the robberies are more productive. We seem to have gained a few murderers to. So their loss is our dubious gain, leaving their prisons empty while ours fill up with foreigners.

[patman post]

England and Wales scored 'very high' for a number of categories including prison population, suicide rates, the proportion of prisoners not serving a final sentence, rate of admissions per 100,000 inhabitants and 'high' for prison density. The UK had the third largest prison population (91,870) after Russia (519,618) and Turkey (297,019) and was ranked 'very high' alongside Georgia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, and Albania. Countries that scored 'very low' (more than 25% lower than the European median) included Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Netherlands. 
The average prison admissions of the 47 Council of Europe member states was 149.8 per 100,000 whereas in England and Wales it was 215.5. Compared to an overall fall in the prison population rate over the last year of (1.7%), England and Wales experienced a 0.1% rise. The suicide rate per 10,000 inmates in England and Wales doubled the average European suicide rate (5.2 compared to 10.1).   
https://www.thejusticegap.com/uk-prison-population-third-highest-in-europe-and-suicide-rate-twice-the-average/

[Borchester]

But still no new thinking announced on why there are so many prisoners,

There aren't.

The prison population stands at about 1 in 800 and is falling.

[patman post]

But still no new thinking announced on why there are so many prisoners, and what is being done to help prisoners integrate into — and become useful members of — society once they are released. 

The bland "prepare them for release, and could see some inmates released on temporary licence during their sentence" is not reassuring when there are reoffending rates of 60% among those with sentences of less than 12 months, a third of juveniles reoffend, and adults have a reoffending rate of over 25%...

[GBNews]

MoJ unveils plans to build two prisons housing 3,430 inmates in Essex

Two prisons holding 3,430 inmates could be built on land around an RAF air base in Essex.

Source: MoJ unveils plans to build two prisons housing 3,430 inmates in Essex