Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood insists her priority is to avoid running out of prison places after agreeing to most of the proposals of former Conservative minister David Gauke. The independent report advocates allowing some criminals to be released from custody early to ease pressure on overcrowded prisons. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00The one thing that I'm determined to avoid at all costs is running out of prison places entirely in our country.
00:07I think what that would mean for law and order and the breakdown of law and order in our country is unthinkable.
00:12And that is not something that I'm willing to take a risk on or preside over or allow to happen in any way, shape or form.
00:18It becomes the entire country's problem when we run out of prison places because the police then at that point cannot make arrests
00:24and criminals can run amok and chaos will reign.
00:28And it is my responsibility and the responsibility of any responsible government to make sure that that does not, cannot happen.
00:34And I will not put the country in that kind of facing that kind of risk.