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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal and Jamie Grierson

Ministers dismiss claim UK government may rent prison space in Estonia

A prison officer walks on the landing of a prison
The number of people in prison in England and Wales has risen from about 40,000 in 1991 to more than 88,000. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures/Getty Images

Ministers have dismissed claims that Labour is considering sending criminals convicted in England and Wales to Estonia to serve their prison sentences.

The Telegraph reported that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) was investigating “all viable options” to increase capacity after the Baltic state said it had offered to rent out spare capacity to other countries.

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