'radical' prison

Vast sums are being spent "warehousing" people in outdated prisons without any proof it protects the public, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke is to say.

The prison population in England and Wales reached a record high in May of 85,201.

That is almost twice the figure in 1992 when Mr Clarke was last in charge of prisons as home secretary - an increase he will say he would have dismissed as "impossible and ridiculous" if someone had predicted it at the time.
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