Britain's 'staggering' cost of foreign nationals in UK prisons torn apart by ex-prison governor

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The cost of Britain's prisons holding foreign criminals has been branded "staggering" by an ex-prison governor.Speaking to GB News, Reform UK's Prisons Advisor Vanessa Frake urged the Labour Government to "persuade countries" to take their criminals back.A GB News exclusive investigation found the annual bill for incarcerating foreign offenders has reached a total of £629,408,766.Out of the 87,342 prisoners held in British prisons across England and Wales, 10,487 are foreign nationals.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Reacting to the figures, Ms Frake told GB News: "The cost to this country for foreign national prisoners is staggering.

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It's a very long, drawn-out process, which kind of goes from three main areas."Detailing those areas, the former prison governor said: "The problem is a lack of identity documents for these people.

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Quite often they get rid of their passports, so the Home Office then has to write to the country that they originate from, and that process is very slow....

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