The Conservative Party has pledged to create 50,000 new prison places, saying the expansion would help prevent prisoners from being released early and contribute to cutting crime.
The proposal centres on increasing prison capacity. The party says that providing the additional places would reduce the need for prisoners to leave custody before completing the terms set out for their sentences.
The Conservatives have presented the pledge as part of a broader approach to tackling crime. However, the supplied details do not set out where the new places would be built, how they would be funded or when they would become available.
The proposal remains a party pledge. No further information has been provided on its implementation or on the response from other political parties, prison authorities or affected communities.
