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04/09/2013
Plans Announced For New Super-Prison
As plans for a new super-prison in north Wales are unveiled it has been announced that four prisons in England will close.
Prisons in Reading, Dorchester, Northallerton and Blundeston will close in March next year with the lose of 1,400 prison place in England and Wales.
A new £250 million super-prison will be built in Wrexham and will have the capacity for 2,000 inmates and create 1,000 jobs, the government have said.
However, some 685 staff from the four closing prison could face losing their jobs, according to the BBC.
Work on the new super-prison is due to begin next summer, with an expected completion date of late 2017.
(MH/CD)
Prisons in Reading, Dorchester, Northallerton and Blundeston will close in March next year with the lose of 1,400 prison place in England and Wales.
A new £250 million super-prison will be built in Wrexham and will have the capacity for 2,000 inmates and create 1,000 jobs, the government have said.
However, some 685 staff from the four closing prison could face losing their jobs, according to the BBC.
Work on the new super-prison is due to begin next summer, with an expected completion date of late 2017.
(MH/CD)
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