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| New 'super-prisons' to be built | New 'super-prisons' to be built |
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| Three "super-prisons" housing about 2,500 offenders are to be built, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said. | Three "super-prisons" housing about 2,500 offenders are to be built, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said. |
| He said a building and modernisation programme will provide an extra 10,500 prison places by 2014, bringing the total to 96,000. | |
| An extra £1.2bn will be invested on top of the current £1.5bn to deliver the programme, Mr Straw told MPs. | An extra £1.2bn will be invested on top of the current £1.5bn to deliver the programme, Mr Straw told MPs. |
| The plans were announced as part of a major review investigating the supply of prison places. | The plans were announced as part of a major review investigating the supply of prison places. |
| One of the so-called Titan jails, which will be larger than any prison currently used in Britain, will be in service by 2012. | One of the so-called Titan jails, which will be larger than any prison currently used in Britain, will be in service by 2012. |
| The other two are expected to be built by 2014. | The other two are expected to be built by 2014. |
| Mr Straw said the Ministry of Justice was also looking for a prison ship. | Mr Straw said the Ministry of Justice was also looking for a prison ship. |
| Further plans were announced to convert a former Ministry of Defence site at Coltishall in Norfolk into a Category C prison. | |
| Mr Straw also said the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill would be amended to introduce a minimum tariff of two years for those imprisoned for public protection. |