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The government has put in emergency plans to help the prison service cope with overcrowding – but a building in Kent seems to have been overlooked. Blantyre House at Horden near Goudhurst was a Category D resettlement prison for male prisoners and closed in January 2016 “for refurbishment work.” It has not reopened. Yesterday, Operation Early Dawn was activated which means prisoners will be left on remand in police cells rather than being crammed into overcrowded jails. The government already has a plan in place called STS 40 whereby from September 10, prisoners will as standard be released af…

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