Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a "record prison expansion", Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails.Ms Mahmood also announced a shake-up of prison recall measures which means prisoners serving between one and four years jail time can be returned to prison only for "a fixed 28-day period".Offenders are recalled to prison if they commit another offence when they are released early but remain on licence.

Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a "record prison expansion", Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails.Ms Mahmood also announced a shake-up of prison recall measures which means prisoners serving between one and four years jail time can be returned to prison only for "a fixed 28-day period".Offenders are recalled to prison if they commit another offence when they are released early but remain on licence.