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Prison Violence

He was asked for his view, as a former Home Secretary, of a parliamentary answer which indicated a rise in prison violence and also in self-harm cases among prisoners. He said he had not seen the detailed figures, but it was possible that the increase reflected differences in reporting procedures and definitions rather than actual changes in the level of violence. Overall, on the rise in prison places, he said that it was very significant. The Government had increased the total by 4,000 in the last two years and nearly 20,000 since 1997. A further programme would deliver 900 more places by 2007 and another 8,000 by 2012. At the same time, the physical environment of many prisoners had been improved along with drug treatments, medical services and work and education in prisons. There was no direct connection between the numbers in prison and the behaviour of prisoners.

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