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Inside Britain's biggest prison | LBC behind bars
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5:18Now PlayingA "groundbreaking" expansion at HMP Highpoint will see it become the UK's largest prison - with 700 more spaces set to be created by summer 2027.
LBC's Henry Riley gains rare access inside the jail.
Three new, four-storey houseblocks will see the prison boost its capacity by more than 50 per cent.
It comes as part of an effort from the government to deliver 14,000 more prison places by 2031 and get more criminals off the streets.
There will also be the addition of workshops and teaching facilities to train prisoners with skills to secure a job upon release.
Once completed, the Suffolk prison will be the largest in terms of land size in North-West Europe and the largest in the UK based on prisoner population.
The prison population is currently growing by around 100 people a week.
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