PRISONS minister Lord James Timpson was urged to bring services in-house today after revealing that only one of the three new jails announced by the government will be run by the public sector.

Addressing the Prison Officers Association (POA) annual conference in Eastbourne, the minister also said that former justice secretary David Gauke‘s review into criminal sentencing will be published ”imminently” and recommend technologically driven solutions to keeping offenders out of jail.

Speaking after Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced three new prisons will be built, starting this year, as part of a “record prison expansion,” Lord Timpson said: “Yesterday the Treasury announced they are going to fund our prison expansion plans across the spending review period.