Rejected petition To re-open Reading prison and convert it into a shelter for homeless veterans.

Reading Prison was closed down in November 2013. However between 2013 and 2015 nearly £275,000 was spend on utility bills for the prison. The UK has roughly 9000 homeless veterans with over 1,100 in London. The prison is large & can be easily converted, and provide help for our veterans. please sign

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Here is the news report that revealed the spending on the recently closed prison. Just Google "Reading prison" and plenty of articles will show up.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/taxpayers-spend-more-250000-utilities-1106455.

several news outlets have mentioned that there are around 9000 homeless veterans and charities such as the British legion reveal the figures for London.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/9000-ex-service-personnel-homeless-after-2071049

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Date submitted 21 March 2016
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