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Issued on behalf of: Criminal Justice System
"Eight thousand new prison places were announced today as part of a package of measures to protect the public and further rebalance the criminal justice system in favour of the law-abiding majority. The new places are on top of 900 extra places already under construction which will take capacity across the prison estate to 80,400 by autumn 2007. The prison building programme forms the backbone of a raft of measures published by Home Secretary John Reid as part of a detailed review of the criminal justice system."
