Brexit: prisoners ‘could fill immigration work gap’

Justice secretary says offenders would boost catering, agriculture and construction workforce

The window of a cell at Norwich Prison is seen through coils of razor wire
(Image credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Prisoners on day release could be used to fill the workforce gap left by falling immigration after Brexit, the justice secretary, David Gauke, has suggested.

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