Sun claims victory over prisons campaign

The Sun is today laying claim to victory in its campaign which called on the government to use former ministry of defence sites to ease Britain's overcrowded jails. Home secretary John Reid has agreed that Connaught barracks in Dover, vacated by a parachute regiment in April, can be converted into a temporary prison. But it's only step one for The Sun which highlighted 16 disused sites which could be turned into prisons. But what will the paper say now to local residents - who, presumably, include Sun readers - who are trying to block the proposals? Will it campaign against them? (Via The Sun)