Prisoners to ‘double up’ in one-person prefab cells, leaked documents show

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1. Wed, 16 September 2026

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     Prisoners to ‘double up’ in one-person prefab cells, leaked documents show

     Exclusive: Ten category C prisons in England and Wales asked to add second beds, in breach of safe occupancy limits The Prison Service has drawn up plans to “double up” hundreds of prisoners in temporary prefabricated cells built for one person, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, leaked documents show. Amid an ongoing overcrowding crisis in England and Wales, governors of 10 category C prisons have been asked to sign off the installation of second beds in “rapid deployment cells...