尽管出于安全考虑和监禁增加,威尔士在扩大监狱后仍导致西欧的监禁率上升。 Wales to lead Western Europe in imprisonment rate after expanding prison despite safety concerns and rising incarceration.

预计威尔士将成为西欧国家,监禁率最高——每100 000人中有178人——在布里奇因德的HMP Parc监狱扩建345个新监狱后,威尔士将成为西欧国家,尽管2024年该监狱有17人死亡的记录。 Wales is projected to become the Western European nation with the highest imprisonment rate—178 per 100,000—after expanding HMP Parc in Bridgend with 345 new prison places, despite a record 17 deaths at the facility in 2024. 监狱的扩建将监狱盈余增加到738个,令人担心威尔士正被用来吸收来自英格兰的溢出,英国的溢出率为每10万人139人。 The expansion, which increases the prison surplus to 738 places, raises concerns that Wales is being used to absorb overflow from England, where the rate is 139 per 100,000. 专家在安全问题和监禁增加时警告这项行动缺乏正当理由, 指出自2017年以来威尔士监狱人口增加了34%。 Experts warn the move lacks justification amid safety issues and rising incarceration, noting a 34% increase in Wales’ prison population since 2017. 他们敦促就过度监禁、以贫困和缺乏明确战略为由进行全国性对话。 They urge a national conversation on overimprisonment, citing poverty and the absence of a clear strategy.