Charity criticises plans for new super prison

The idea that big is beautiful with prisons is wrong. Not our words, but those of David Cameron before he became Prime Minister.

All evidence shows that larger jails find prisoners more difficult to control, drug abuse and violence are more prevalent and opportunities for education and training are limited in such crowded environments.

If the Government wants to spend £250m on boosting employment opportunities in North Wales, there are much better ways of doing that than building a huge jail.