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Prisons (Overcrowding)

Volume 951: debated on Thursday 8 June 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of Her Majesty's prisons are now overcrowded according to their original design criteria.

On 30th April 1978 the population exceeded the certified normal accommodation in 62 of the Prison Department establishments in England and Wales.