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Work starts on making HMP Highpoint ‘UK’s largest prison’


Katy Prickett

BBC News, Suffolk

Ministry of Justice James Timpson sitting in the cab of a construction vehicle. He is wearing a blue hard hat and a yellow high-vis jacket over a navy suit. He is wearing clear  protective goggles. Ministry of Justice

Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, Lord Timpson, was at HMP Highpoint for the ground-breaking event on Thursday

A rural prison is to increase its capacity by more than 50% to become “the UK’s largest” jail, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.

Three four-storey houseblocks will be built at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk, between the villages of Stradishall and Great Thurlow, near Haverhill.

Construction work has begun on the 700-place expansion, including workshops and teaching facilities to help prisoners get jobs on release, said the MoJ.

Minister for Prisons, Lord Timpson, said they were “designed with a laser-focus on cutting crime” and were part of plans to deliver 14,000 more prison spaces by 2031.

“We cannot simply build our way out of this crisis, which is why we’re also reviewing sentencing so we can lock up dangerous offenders, cut crime and make our streets safer,” Lord Timpson added.

Ministry of Justice A woman and two men wearing hard hats and high-vis yellow jackets over their dark clothing. They are walking along with a white two-storey container block behind them. The man on the right is Lord Timpson.Ministry of Justice

The accommodation will include workshops and teaching facilities


Katy Prickett

BBC News, Suffolk

Ministry of Justice James Timpson sitting in the cab of a construction vehicle. He is wearing a blue hard hat and a yellow high-vis jacket over a navy suit. He is wearing clear  protective goggles. Ministry of Justice

Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, Lord Timpson, was at HMP Highpoint for the ground-breaking event on Thursday

A rural prison is to increase its capacity by more than 50% to become “the UK’s largest” jail, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.

Three four-storey houseblocks will be built at HMP Highpoint in Suffolk, between the villages of Stradishall and Great Thurlow, near Haverhill.

Construction work has begun on the 700-place expansion, including workshops and teaching facilities to help prisoners get jobs on release, said the MoJ.

Minister for Prisons, Lord Timpson, said they were “designed with a laser-focus on cutting crime” and were part of plans to deliver 14,000 more prison spaces by 2031.

“We cannot simply build our way out of this crisis, which is why we’re also reviewing sentencing so we can lock up dangerous offenders, cut crime and make our streets safer,” Lord Timpson added.

Ministry of Justice A woman and two men wearing hard hats and high-vis yellow jackets over their dark clothing. They are walking along with a white two-storey container block behind them. The man on the right is Lord Timpson.Ministry of Justice

The accommodation will include workshops and teaching facilities

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