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Friday, April 4, 2003 Prison health funding transferred to Welsh Assembly Government Health and Social Services Minister Jane Hutt today announced that funding for prison health services has transferred from the Home Office to the Welsh Assembly Government with effect from 1 April 2003. National Assembly for Wales 10:09:29 AM    comment [] Prison numbers reach record high The number of people in jail in England and Wales reaches an all time high of more than 73,000 inmates. BBC BBC Wales: Prisons among most overcrowded Welsh jails are some of the UK's most crowded, as new figures show the number of inmates reaches a new high. BBC: Prison hit by overcrowding Pioneering therapeutic work at a south Devon jail is being threatened by the effects of overcrowding, says the chief inspector of prisons. Problems of riot prison revealed An independent report says overcrowding was not the reason behind a riot in Lincoln prison. 9:16:50 AM    comment [] Prisons ordered to review spending The public spending watchdog has ordered the Prison Service to review the way it buys supplies. A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) released on Friday could save £12 million a year but cutting the amount of supplies it holds in stock. The Prison Service spent £461 million on essential supplies such as prisoners' food, clothing, and drug and educational programmes last year. ePolitix National Audit Office: Modernising Procurement in the Prison Service 9:09:22 AM    comment [] Jails free extra 5,000 offenders to cut crowding The number of criminals released early from sentences for robbery, assault and other serious offences increased by 5,000 last year after a Government push to combat the rise in Britain's jail population. Independent 9:07:54 AM    comment [] © Copyright 2003 Nick Page.

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