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Prison officers' union calls for Royal Inquiry to deal with overflowing crisis
A general view of HMP Pentonville, north London

PRISON officers’ union POA demanded a public inquiry to deal with Britain’s jail capacity crisis today.

General secretary Steve Gillan added that Labour should invest in its current prisons and only build new ones after a review of court sentencing.

The prison service says it has fewer than 80,000 safe and decent accommodation prison places in England and Wales.

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