Is Labour Really Considering Sending Prisoners To Estonian Jails? Here's What You Need To Know

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood 

Ministers are allegedly considering sending prisoners over to jails in Estonia to cope with the UK’s overcrowding crisis.

Reports claim the ministry of justice and its Estonian counterparts are looking at pairing up after the Eastern European country offered to rent out its prison spaces to other nations.

Although any such deal is far from confirmed – and No.10 is keeping its card close to its chest – here’s what we know so far.