Tories want architects to design jails

By Helen Crump Helen Crump Helen Crump 2008-03-07T00:00:00

Reused: Oxford Prison has been converted into a boutique hotel.

Source: Mark Bramley

Architects could be asked to design new jails worth hundreds of millions of pounds under Conservative Party proposals for a radical restructuring of the prison estate.

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