Send foreign prisoners abroad to end early releases, says Reform
Reform UK has proposed a policy to send foreign prisoners to serve sentences in their home countries or third-party nations like El Salvador. The party claims this would alleviate prison overcrowding, though critics argue the plan is impractical and lacks detail.
Why it matters
This proposal highlights the ongoing debate over prison capacity and immigration policy in the UK, reflecting a shift toward more aggressive penal strategies.
Image source, Getty Images Published 33 minutes ago Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has proposed that all foreign prisoners are sent to serve their sentences abroad in order to scrap Labour's early release scheme.
Farage said his party was exploring options with third countries over renting prison spaces, including El Salvador, which he said Reform chairman Lee Anderson would visit soon for initial talks.
Reform said removing foreign nationals from the prison estate, as well as building emergency "Nightingale" prisons, would enable changes to be made to sentencing laws so that serious criminals serve out their full terms.
Labour said Reform had "no serious answers to the Tory prisons crisis and would lead the system to collapse".
Under Reform's plans, foreign criminals handed non-custodial sentences would be deported to their country of origin.
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