The former Lord Chief Justice last week told the Home Affairs Select Committee that overcrowding was negatively affecting rehabilitation and that the country could not afford to keep building new prisons.
He said: "The judge should know how much the sentence he is imposing will cost the public, and if there is a suitable cheaper option he should choose that."
Nacro chief executive Paul Cavadino said: "Everyone else in the public and voluntary sectors has to work within a budget."
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