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		Home Secretary announces plans for new prisons - 16 February 2007
		Home Secretary John Reid today announced that he has commissioned another two new prisons to manage the growing prison population and protect the public from dangerous and persistent offenders.

		New prison to open in Merseyside - 19 January 2007
		A lease has been signed with the Mersey Care NHS Trust for a new 350 place prison in Maghull, Merseyside, Home Secretary John Reid announced today.

		Record fall for 2006 prison deaths - 01 January 2007
		The Prison Service has announced today that there were 67 apparent self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales in 2006, the lowest figure since 1996.

		Public protection arrangements working together to defend communities - 17 October 2005
		Violent and sexual offenders are being identified better and managed more effectively through the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA), Baroness Scotland, Minister for Criminal Justice and Offender Management said today.