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Cash crisis prompts spending freeze at prisons

PUBLISHED December 10, 2004
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Emergency cuts in spending on jails could lead to riots and suicides among inmates, prison authorities were warned as they ordered urgent action to combat a financial crisis.

Governors have been told to tighten their belts immediately because the Prison Service is heading for a £31m deficit this year. There will be an immediate freeze on staff and on repairs to dilapidated cells.

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