How UK's 1st "Smart" Prison Aims To Cut Down Crime, Get Jobs For Inmates
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The "smart" UK prison will feature a gym, snooker table, table tennis table and a computer tablet to help prisoners gain new qualifications.
Britain's first “smart” prison designed with smart technology and with no bars on windows opened on Friday, as a project expected to drive down crime and more offenders into jobs.
The cells at Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) Five Wells at Wellingborough in Northamptonshire, central England, will be called "rooms" and inmates "residents" by prison staff as part of the rehabilitation process.
The 1,700-capacity prison will also feature a gym, snooker table, table tennis table and a computer tablet to help prisoners gain new qualifications.
The UK's Department of Justice (DoJ) said it is the first jail in the country to have been designed with education, training and jobs for prisoners on release as its main purposes – factors it says are proven to cut crime and reduce reoffending.
