Farage Pledges to Send Criminals Like Ian Huntley to Face Justice in El Salvador’s Notorious Prisons.

Nigel Farage has revealed a bold proposal to address the United Kingdom’s prison overcrowding crisis by sending thousands of the country’s most dangerous offenders – including murderers and paedophiles – to serve their prison sentences abroad.

Reform UK is advocating that the UK rent prison space overseas – possibly in Central American nations such as El Salvador – to lodge more than 10,000 serious offenders. Yesterday, a party source confirmed this with the following statement, “We would consider multiple partners, including El Salvador.”

It’s anticipated that the former UKIP leader will reveal the full details of the proposal in Westminster today, presenting it as a cost-effective solution amid a prison system on the brink of collapse.

Mr Farage informed The Sun: “For too long, Labour and the Tories have sent the message that crime in Britain carries little to no consequence. Reform will change that. If you’re a criminal, we are putting you on notice. In 2029 you have a choice to make: be a law-abiding citizen or face serious justice.”

The said plan involves utilising so-called “dynamic prisons” – adaptable incarceration facilities located in partner countries – to provide more flexible and cost-efficient solutions.

Ministry of Justice data shows it costs a staggering £51,724 annually just to keep one prisoner in England and Wales. With the prison population reaching 87,334 last month—just 2,239 below maximum capacity—the need for urgent reform is becoming increasingly critical.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has endured harsh criticism this month over proposals that would let offenders avoid crown court and criminal records by opting for community service or rehabilitation instead. Additional plans under review include raising sentence reductions for early guilty pleas from one-third to 40 per cent in an effort to deal with the overcrowding in prisons.

In the past two years, thousands of prisoners have been released early in hopes of preventing the entire system from collapsing.

Reform MP and former magistrate Sarah Pochin voiced her support for the plan to use overseas prisons, stating, “The cost to the British taxpayer of prison places is currently estimated at over £50,000 per year and rising. By sending our most serious offenders to overseas jails, we greatly reduce this cost and at the same time, they experience a tougher prison environment and lose privileges such as family visits, which, quite frankly, they don’t deserve.”

Supporters of the contested proposal claim it would prevent infamous criminals like Soham murderer Ian Huntley from further torturing the families of victims ’while serving their sentences. The 51-year-old recently caused outrage when seen at HMP Frankland in County Durham wearing a Manchester United-style No. 10 shirt — disturbingly similar to what ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman wore the day he killed them in 2002.

A spokesperson from the prison stated, “He’s been seen strutting about in the shirt as if it’s funny. It is vile.” Prison authorities have now taken away the offensive piece of clothing.

Comparable international prison arrangements are already underway in other countries. For example, Denmark recently secured a £173 million deal with Kosovo to lease 300 prison cells in a renovated facility near Gjilan. This ten-year contract aims to ease overcrowding in Denmark’s prisons and is specifically for foreign nationals who will be deported after completing their sentences.

However, Reform maintains that its plan will be far more extensive, targeting Britain’s most dangerous offenders.

Labour has rejected Mr Farage’s plan as “pie in the sky”. A government source made the following statement: “This is more fantasy thinking from Farage, who has once again dreamed up a policy that just doesn’t add up. While he peddles pie-in-the-sky schemes, this government is building prisons right here in Britain with 2,400 new cells opened as part of the biggest jail expansion in over a century.”