'U-turn' by Straw over Titan jails; JUSTICE.Byline: JASON Jason, in Greek mythology Jason, in Greek mythology, son of Aeson. When Pelias usurped the throne of Iolcus and killed (or imprisoned) Aeson and most of his descendants, Jason was smuggled off to the centaur Chiron, who reared him secretly on Mt. Pelion. BEATTIE PLANS for five new jails to replace the aborted pounds 1.3bn Titan project were unveiled by the Government yesterday. Justice Secretary Jack Straw said the rethink on building three vast prisons, each holding 2,500 inmates, was prompted by advice from experts. "I've concluded the right approach is to deliver the 7,500 places not through Titans but five jails holding 1,500 offenders, each divided into smaller units," he told the Commons. The first two will be at Beam Park West in Barking, East London East London, city (1991 pop. 240,474), Eastern Cape, SE South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. The city grew around a British military post founded in 1847. Its harbor was developed from 1886, and today it is a leading South African port. , and Runwell near Chelmsford, Essex. Sites in Belmarsh, South London South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. Some neighbourhoods north of the Thames have South London postal codes (SW), but these neighbourhoods are classified as West or Central London. , the ex-RAF base at Coltishall, Norfolk, and Maghull, Merseyside, are being examined. Mr Straw denied the decision was cost-based but said the privately built and run jails - due by 2014 - will sustain hundreds of jobs. Shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve said the welcome "u-turn" was a nail in the coffin for using "giant warehouses" as prisons.. CAPTION(S): RETHINK Jack Straw |
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