Government proposals for the 1,700-capacity prison were rejected by the district council in April
The Ministry of Justice said the prison was needed to deal with a rise in inmatesAn appeal hearing is under way over plans to build a 1,700-capacity prison in rural Leicestershire, which were rejected by the local council.Harborough District Council unanimously rejected the application in April.
On Tuesday, protesters against the plans gathered ahead of the hearing outside the council offices, in Market Harborough, calling the appeal the "death of democracy". "To place a prison of this magnitude among several quiet villages linked together by a rural road network is simply not good or sustainable planning.
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