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The government is prepared to build more prisons to accommodate prolific shoplifters because they deserve to be locked up, a minister has said. Tougher sentences are being planned for several offences in a crime and justice bill that will require judges to impose custody on those caught repeatedly. SponsoredShoplifting, burglary, theft and common assault do not necessarily result in a jail sentence at present but would do so after a number of offences are committed, similar to the two-strikes-and-out policy on knife crime. The number of offences required would vary by the type of crime. Richard Holden, a transport minister, told LBC Radio: “I think there has been an issue where sometimes the police haven’t concentrated enough on some of these offences.