Ann Widdecombe told Reform UK delegates that prisonser should be put in disused holiday camps if there is a prison population crisis, not let out early.
Ms Widdecombe, the party’s immigration and justice spokesman – and a former minister for prisons – slammed the Labour Government’s choices.
She reflected on her own record in Government, including hiring a prison ship from the USA, which Labour criticised and then used for many years after winning the 1997 election.
She blasted: “You take temporary measures to supply those new places. It isn’t rocket science!”
“I even suggested, but the election got in the way, that they could take over a disused holiday camp.
“You put a security perimeter, and lo, you’ve got a low-security prison. of course, you do take away the swimming pool and the cinema before that.”
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