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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Liam Thorp

Major expansion to create 350 new places at HMP Liverpool

HMP Liverpool is set to be refurbished and expanded to create around 350 more prison places.

Also known as Walton Prison, the facility is part of a government expansion and refurbishment programme aimed at creating 4,000 new prison places across the country.

Making the announcement today, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said: "Our prison-building programme will deliver an extra 20,000 prison places by the mid-2020s to punish offenders, deter crime and protect the public.

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