London, Oct.24 : The Bullwood Hall Jail in Essex, which has 184 inmates, and the Canterbury Jail in Kent, which has 284 inmates,have been opened exclusively for foreign criminals at a cost of over 15 million pounds.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, the Gordon Brown Government plans to open more foreigner only prisons if these two experiments succeed.
The move has been partly initiated due to foreign inmates having different language and other requirements. It also makes it easier for immigration staff struggling to deport foreign criminals.
The cost of running each of these jails is around 7.5million pounds a year to run.