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24th April 2024 Issue no. 702

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Four prisons have to change locks after losing keys

Taxpayers have had to foot a £330,000 bill for changing the locks at four prisons after guards lost their keys, ministers have admitted.

a new Conservative justice minister, said that the prisons had to have all their locks replaced over the past two years as misplaced or stolen keys caused security scares. The Ministry of Justice declined to say which ones were affected, but there have been a number of reported incidents involving missing keys.

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