BBC News reports that spending on the prison and probation system in England and Wales has risen by 36% since 2004, but front-line staff remain overstretched, a study has said. It calculates that the National Offender Management Service (Noms) – which runs the prison and probation services – spent £4.9bn in 2008-09. The independent report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies said this compared with £3.6bn in 2004-05. The Ministry of Justice said locking up more prisoners was “unsustainable”.
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