Nigel Farage has proposed sending some prisoners overseas and building five new prisons to address the UK's prison crisis. He claims these measures would create around 30,000 prison places at a cost of 17.4 billion over five years. Farage argues that crime costs the British economy 170 billion and that a Reform government could halve crime in five years. He suggests funding through cuts to public spending rather than tax increases. His plan includes using the Army to build low-security prisons and returning foreign prisoners to their countries of origin.
Farage said the UK was "facing nothing short of societal collapse" and that a Reform government would halve crime in five years.
Reform UK estimates its proposals would cost 17.4bn over five years, with an annual cost of 3.48bn.
Farage stated, "It isn't really a question of can we afford to do this - it is really a question of can we afford not to do this?"
To create more prison spaces, Farage said his party would use the Army to build five new low-security 'Nightingale' prisons.
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