Reform UK would free up jail spaces in UK by sending offenders abroad, claims Zia Yusuf – UK politics live
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Key context: <p>Nigel Farage says an adviser to the party would go to El Saldavor for talks on how the country might house foreign prisoners</p><p><strong>Zia Yusuf,</strong> Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking at the press conference now.</p><p>He claims that a combination of sending foreign prisoners to serve their sentences in jails abroad, and building “Nightingale prisons”, could create an extra 22,000 jail spaces.</p><p>We will rapidly build capacity. We will take advantage of new prefabricated modular technology and build 12,000 prison places in the form of Nightingale prisons on Ministry of Defence land. And the army will be called in to assist.</p><p>Together, these measures will create an additional 22,000 prison places compared to Andy Burnham’s plans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/aug/10/labour-prisons-crisis-andy-burnham-reform-nigel-farage-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Nigel Farage says an adviser to the party would go to El Saldavor for talks on how the country might house foreign prisonersZia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson, is speaking at the press conference now.He claims that a combination of sending foreign prisoners to serve their sentences in jails abroad, and building “Nightingale prisons”, could create an extra 22,000 jail spaces.We will rapidly build capacity. We will take advantage of new prefabricated modular technology and build 12,000 prison places in the form of Nightingale prisons on Ministry of Defence land. And the army will be called in to assist.Together, these measures will create an additional 22,000 prison places compared to Andy Burnham’s plans. Continue reading...
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