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situation in our prisons doesn’t surprise me. When my husband became Justice Secretary in 2015, he was utterly horrified (and I mean utterly: he would return home from prison visits ashen-faced) by what he saw as a system on the verge of collapse. Which is why he expended a lot of time and energy putting together a bold plan. But then the EU referendum happened and things got rather sidelined. Yet it’s probably still here, mouldering away in the garage. I can dig it out if anyone’s interested . . .