该党表示，其提案将阻止囚犯提前获释并降低犯罪率。文/贝基·莫顿 保守党承诺，如果重新执政，将在英格兰和威尔士新建5万个监狱监位，以防止罪犯提前获释。
The party says its proposals would stop prisoners being released early and cut crime. By Becky Morton The Conservatives have promised to build 50,000 new prison places in England and Wales to stop criminals being released early, if they return to government.
该党称，新建和运营这些监狱每年将耗资20亿英镑，资金将来自削减开支，包括削减外援预算。
The party said it would cost £2bn per year to build and run the new prisons, funded by spending cuts including to the foreign aid budget.
周四，根据为防止监狱爆满而推出的新规则，数百名囚犯提前获释，预计到明年夏天将有约4500人获释。
On Thursday hundreds of prisoners were released early, under new rules introduced to prevent jails reaching capacity, with around 4,500 due to be freed by next summer.
工党指责前保守党政府导致“我们的刑事司法系统濒临崩溃”，并表示保守党的提案“不可信”。
Labour blamed the previous Tory government for leaving "our criminal justice system at breaking point" and said the party's proposals were not "credible".
此项宣布正值保守党成员齐聚伯明翰参加该党年度大会之际，大会将于周日开幕。
The announcement comes as Conservative members gather for the party's annual conference in Birmingham, which begins on Sunday.
英格兰和威尔士的监狱多年来一直接近满负荷运转，最新政府数据显示监狱容纳率已达98%。
Prisons in England and Wales have been running close to capacity for years, with the latest government figures showing they are 98% full.
根据最新的提前释放计划，符合条件的囚犯在服刑满三分之一刑期后，可凭社区许可证获释。
Under the latest early release scheme, eligible prisoners can now be released on a community licence after serving one-third of their jail sentence.
不在释放范围内的包括：因谋杀、过失杀人、性犯罪或诱骗相关犯罪、以及导致死亡的驾驶犯罪被定罪的囚犯。政府实际上也已取消了一年期监禁刑罚。保守党表示，将利用新增监狱容量扭转上述措施。
Those excluded include prisoners convicted of murder, manslaughter, a sexual or grooming-related offence, or a driving offence that led to a death. The government has also effectively scrapped one-year jail terms. The Tories said they would use extra prison capacity to reverse these measures.
前保守党政府推行的一项提前释放计划，在2023年10月至2024年9月期间，已让超过1万名囚犯提前获释。
An early release programme introduced by the previous Conservative government saw more than 10,000 prisoners freed early between October 2023 and September 2024.
保守党领袖巴德诺赫表示：“仅仅因为政府用完了监狱牢房，暴力罪犯并不会变得不那么危险。”
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: "A violent criminal doesn't become less dangerous just because the government has run out of prison cells."
她补充道：“工党的回答是让危险罪犯更早获释，而不是建设我们需要的监狱空间。”工党主席菲利普森表示：“保守党把英国公众当傻子。在执政的14年里，他们仅增加了500个监狱床位，却关闭了23座监狱。
She added: "[Labour's] answer is to let dangerous offenders out even earlier instead of building the prison spaces we need." Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said: "The Tories are taking the public for fools. Across 14 years in government, they added just 500 prison places and closed 23 prisons.
“现在巴德诺赫指望英国人相信他们会建设5万个床位。”与此同时，监狱长协会表示需要“长期投资”，并警告“人员危机”将给新建监狱带来挑战。
"Now Kemi Badenoch expects the British people to believe they'll build 50,000." Meanwhile, the Prison Governors' Association said "long-term investment" was needed and warned a "staffing crisis" would pose challenges to delivering new prisons.
保守党表示，如果赢得大选，将在新一届议会初期提出立法，以覆盖规划和采购障碍，使流程得以“快速推进”。该党称，利用私人融资将有助于加快交付并控制成本。
If the party wins power, the Tories said they would introduce legislation early in the new Parliament to override planning and procurement barriers, allowing the process to be "fast-tracked". It said the use of private finance would help speed up delivery and control costs.
根据最新政府数据，英格兰和威尔士目前约有8.9万个可用监狱床位。
There are currently around 89,000 useable prison places in England and Wales, according to the latest government figures.
保守党称，其提案将使这一数字增加50%以上，绝大多数新增床位预计将在该党执政的第一个议会任期内（长达五年）交付，全额增量将在七年内完成。
The Tories said their proposals would increase this figure by more than 50%, with the vast majority of new places expected within the party's first Parliament in government - up to five years - and the full increase delivered within seven years.
每年20亿英镑的成本将通过其他领域的节省来资助，包括削减10亿英镑援助预算，以及削减文化、媒体和体育部10亿英镑预算。工党政府承诺到2031年增加1.4万个额外监狱床位。
The £2bn a year cost would be funded through savings in other areas, including cutting the aid budget by £1bn and reducing the budget of the Department for Culture Media and Sport by £1bn. The Labour government has promised to add 14,000 extra prison space by 2031.
保守党辩称，增加监狱床位将减少犯罪并防止再犯罪，让严重罪犯远离街头。
The Tories argued increasing prison places would cut crime and prevent reoffending by keeping serious criminals off the streets.
影子司法大臣蒂莫西表示：“监狱管用。它通过惩罚和威慑发挥作用，但最重要的是通过使其丧失作案能力。”
Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy said: "Prison works. It works by punishing and deterring, but most importantly by incapacitating.
“监狱应当将暴力犯罪者和惯犯与遵纪守法的公众隔离开来。”近年来，监狱关押的人数显著增加，部分原因是刑期延长，以及更多人因违反释放条件而被重新关进监狱。
"Prison should keep violent and repeat offenders away from the law-abiding public." The prison population has risen significantly in recent decades, partly as a result of longer sentences and more people being returned to prison for breaching the conditions of their release.
历届政府都承诺增加监狱的容纳能力，但实际上这些承诺往往未能得到兑现。新建监狱需要数年时间才能建成，而且在规划过程中常常会遇到当地居民的反对和各种阻碍。
Successive governments have pledged to increase the number of prison places - but delivery has often fallen short of those promises. New prisons take years to build, often facing local opposition and obstacles in the planning process.
监狱管理者协会表示：“建造5万个监舍是一回事；但要找到数千名经验丰富的管理人员和专家来确保这些监舍的安全运营，则是另一回事。”
The Prison Governors' Association said: "Building 50,000 cells is one thing; finding the thousands of experienced officers, governors and specialists needed to run them safely is quite another.
“多年来，政客们不断宣布增加监狱容量的计划，但监狱系统却一直面临着过度拥挤、基础设施老化以及人员短缺等问题。真正的考验不在于能承诺建造多少新的监舍，而在于能否安全、高效且可持续地运营这些监舍。”
"Politicians have spent years announcing prison places while the service struggles with overcrowding, ageing infrastructure and staffing shortages. The real test is not how many places can be promised, but how many prisons can be operated safely, effectively, and sustainably."