Fewer than 1 in 100 foreign prisoners in UK transferred home this year despite Labour pledge to free jail space

FEWER than one in 100 foreign prisoners in England and Wales were transferred home this year — despite Labour pledging to free jail space to ease overcrowding.

Only 73 overseas lags — and just 33 in 2023 — were returned to finish their terms overseas, Ministry of Justice figures reveal.

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