The pressures on the current prison estate reflect the impact of decades of a punitive, regressive approach to crime and justice issues resulting in over-population.
Mae'r pwysau ar yr ystad garchardai bresennol yn adlewyrchu effaith degawdau o ymdrin â materion troseddol a chyfiawnder mewn ffordd gosbol ac anflaengar, sy'n arwain at boblogaeth ormodol.