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MP demands talks over Featherstone

An MP today demanded an urgent meeting with the Ministry of Justice over a decision to turn part of Featherstone Prison into an open jail.

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South Staffordshire MP Gavin Williamson said the government department had "behaved disgracefully" by not consulting members of the public about the changes to the jail.

He has now told justice minister Jeremy Wright MP that he wants an urgent meeting with him so that the proposals can be discussed fully.

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