Village on the doorstep of the new “super prison” in the UK: Smoke locals warn of selling house prices as new 1,700 people were jailed to solve the overcrowded crisis,
Villagers near the two planned “super prisons” complained that these developments were “railway” by the government and that it was difficult to sell the house.
Attorney General Shabana Mahmood will spend £4.7 billion to build three new prisons near the existing prisons to create 14,000 new places by 2031.
One of the planned prisons is on green belt land north of HMP Wymott and HMP Garth in Lancashire – residents say the drones carrying drugs have withered.
In another location in HMP Gartree in Leicestershire, builders hope to start the main construction phase later this year – after the last secretary of state Michael Gove overthrew local planners.
Officials assured that the new prison will create 600 jobs and inject millions of jobs into the local economy, but residents complain that it has been “Shohorn” enters the “scenic” countryside.
Margaret Coy, 73, has long been riding on land, just a quiet bridleway flanked by green space, but now it is not accessible after Diggers started preparing.
She told MailOnline: “Honestly, I think it’s a waste of the beautiful scenery. It’s obviously been pushed, so we didn’t really give it a comment.
“They should consider the average person who uses this land. We can’t do this right now because there are excavators there, which makes me very sad.
This aerial view was photographed last week and shows a construction site near Leicestershire HMP Gartree (left)
Construction traffic in Lubenham Village, close to the new “super prison”
Margaret Coy, 73, rides her 10-year-old Hayden on the land, which is just a quiet bridleway flanked by green space but can’t get into it now
Jo is a 49-year-old district councillor who has been home for ten years due to his rural views.
“Initially, I was a member of the Gatri Action Team, we fought the new prison and then apparently appealed and vetoed it,” she said.
“I feel like we’re just stuck here with iron pipes, and that’s the only way to describe it. Once there were sheep everywhere, now we wake up to the excavator.
“This is all owned by Moj, who rented it to the farmers. I bought this house five years ago Because it is adjacent to all realms, it is also a place of peace.
“It’s all excavators now, which is terrible. They are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday. I had to try to stop them from doing Saturday mornings.
“If that went through and they started, my life would be hell.”
The existing HMP Gartree can accommodate 700 soldiers, but the new website will accommodate 1,700 people.
Joe continued: “There will be more than 2,000 prisoners on our doorstep – the number is more than three times the current number.”
“The other fear of mine is if they change it to category. I think it will be worse because you don’t have much trouble with Class B.
“But I heard that C C is really bad outside and people are waiting for them and trying to take drugs.
Moji is not the greatest neighbor. All of these prison officials appeared at 4.30am the next morning and spoke loudly. They woke everyone up.
“When some people work there, it separates the streets and the rest lives here.”
Computer generated images show what HMP Gartree’s website looks like
Aerial CGI images contained in the plan file
Jane Huxley, 71, who lives in nearby Foxton, said the size of the new prison would cause problems.
“It’s not to say there’s a problem with having a prison nearby – it’s going to take years – but it’s huge and I don’t know how they’re going to deal with it,” she said.
“This can also cause traffic problems.”
Diana Cook, 76- The parish councillor in the village of Lubenham said: “If we really need prison, I thank them for having to go somewhere. But we told them that it was the wrong place.
“It doesn’t have enough construction and operational access.”
Reece Richards, 42, lives locally and raises concerns about the impact on property prices, claiming people are working to sell their homes.
No one wants a new prison. We already have one – we don’t need another,” he said.
The government minister’s model overturned the planner’s model repeated in Chorley, Lancashire, which will host a new 1,700-capacity prison with existing HMP Wymott and HMP Garth.
The previous refusal of the Program Inspection Bureau has been overturned recently Minister of Housing Angela Rayner.
Myra McHugh, 82, is a keen bowler at the Wymott Bowling Club – who will be knocked down and replaced the entrance to the new prison.
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Residents say land for the new prison is popular among walkers and joggers
She said: “The main thing that really upsets me is that it has attracted a few times and now I believe in its ultimate appeal.
“In several of these appeals, we have been supported – we already have professional surveyors who say the road is not suitable for all traffic.
“Angela Rayner, after all the experts said “No, the road is not right”, she just went, oh, it’s all going to be fine”.
“She has never been close to this place, she doesn’t know. But she thinks that when all the experts say that is not the case, it will be OK.
“That’s my main dissatisfaction because we’ve been fighting it for nearly three years.”
Local horse riders and dog walkers are upset by the loss of green space – trees and green plants will be torn apart as part of the plan.
Dave Williams, 64, felt tired and tired of the planning process.
He said that after living on Wray Crescent for 20 years, he said: “They didn’t think about the locals, they didn’t think about it.
“It will destroy part of the green belt, not only many animals, such as those using that land, cyclists, walkers’ animals and birds.
“I’ve never seen so many people walking and cycling here throughout the common period, never.
“It takes five years to build, and there will be more than 40 tons of people every day, every 90 seconds. ”
View of the current perimeter of HMP Garth, Lancashire
61-year-old parish councillor John Dalton claims the new prison at the site will cause congestion
Lancashire Chorley logo, read “No third prison”
He added: “When you look around and see what the infrastructure is – they’re talking about a prison where inmates can actually recover and reintegrate.
“Look at what we have here, no trains, Joley and Preston have one hour bus service – so how will the prisoners arrive? ”
Late last year, prison inspector Charlie Taylor described the open prison HMP Garth as “like an airport” because drones were on drugs.
A couple living near the prison site declined to be named, saying people in the area were selling to try to escape.
Now, if they try to sell, they will be trapped when facing loss of value.
The mother of two has lived in the area for four years and said: “It’s very rural and now I don’t even know what we are going to have, but I heard it will be three to four floors.
“There are many problems. My partner was working night a few days ago, and it was after nine o’clock, and the fireworks exploded.
“Like they put them in our garden, they will be distracted, have loud bangs and the dog is angry.
“The speeding cars headed to the other side of the prison and drove more there so they could send them to the drone in different ways. This is for drug use and phone calls.
Another carriage man in her 50s said she did not want to be named, saying she believed the death penalty should be lowered again to reduce the prison population.
Land north of HMP Wymott and HMP Garth to be developed
Some existing prison buildings are surrounded by trees
“I moved here 19 years ago and I knew the prison was here, and all residents knew the prison was here.
“We are not against living in this area, the two prisons are very close, obviously, the prison is in a closed area, so we have no problem.
“This is one of the safest areas in Lancashire. You can open the car and you can open the front door – there are two prisons here without any problems.
‘The main problem with the third prison is the entrance to the prison.
“As anyone knows the area, it’s very crowded, very narrow – these are the main concerns for residents, no attention to the new prison, which is where the prison entrance is.”
The third prison will be located near HMP Grendon in the village of Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire.
Shabana Mahmood at last week’s press conference She said the UK cannot simply “establish” from the prison identity crisis as she revealed new regulations aimed at freeing up space.
This includes a standard 28-day “recall” period for released prisoners who have been locked up for breaching rules, even those who have committed new crimes.
Attorney General said in a press conference last week that prison capacity in the UK will not be solved by building new prisons
Currently, if recalled, the released prisoner can be held in the rest of the sentences.
The new policy will free up 1,400 space in prisons amid a crowded crisis. Officials said they would run out of space by November if no action was taken.
However, Ms. Mahmoud was accused of presiding over the “secret of the collapse of law and order”, and the victim group issued an alarm in this snatch.
Ms. Mahmood introduced a plan last summer that allowed most inmates to release after just 40% of sentences after serving their sentences, repeating the doom warning she first deployed last summer, which led to lag in popping up champagne corks outside the prison gate.
She said: “The consequences of not taking action are unimaginable. If our prisons overflow, the courts cancel the trial, the police stop arresting, the crime is impunity, we have achieved a complete collapse of law and order.
In March, there were 13,600 recalled prisoners. About one in five were sent back to prison because they committed new crimes. Ms Mahmood said the 28-day recall will apply to offenders serving one to four years in prison.
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