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- England and Wales Ministry of Justice will add 476 rapid-deployment beds at ten category-C prisons.
- Wayland, Littlehey, Erlestoke and Rochester prisons will receive 43, 60, 66 and 60 new beds respectively.
- Prison Officers Association chair Mark Fairhurst warned the capacity breach could trigger a health-safety walkout.
- The Ministry is investing up to £4.7 bn to create 14,000 new prison places.