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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal and Ben Quinn

Prison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across England

View of prison interior
‘Capacity gold command’ allows an appointed commander to monitor the use of prison cells. Photograph: Simon Price/Alamy

Prison bosses will make room for a possible influx of arrested demonstrators this weekend amid concerns that some jails are close to full, the head of the national governors’ body has revealed.

Police have threatened to make hundreds of arrests if a planned protest in London this weekend over the proscription of Palestine Action goes ahead. There are also at least eight planned demonstrations outside hotels housing asylum seekers.

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