ABSTRACT
In Thursday’s announcement, the Ministry of Justice said that six prisons would be closing, as well as one of the three jail facilities on the Isle of Wight that have been amalgamated with each other. The prisons that are to close are Bullwood Hall in Essex, Canterbury, Gloucester, Kingston in Portsmouth, Shrewsbury, and Camp Hill on the Isle of Wight. The UK’s oldest working prison, Shepton Mallet, in Somerset, is also among those to be shut. The Ministry of Justice said the closure of the seven prisons this year would result in the loss of 2,600 places from prisons and was expected to save £63m per year in running costs.
