Chair of the Justice Committee, Sir Bob Neill KC said: “Prisons are simply running out of space. My committee has long since warned of the dangers of successive Governments ignoring the rise in jail numbers, set against a workforce recruitment and retention crisis and a crumbling Victorian prison estate. “Ministers and society must be prepared […]
No 10 and Ministry of Justice considering plans to reduce time convicted offenders spend in prison to fix crisis Prisoners could be released from jail after serving only 43 per cent of their sentences under plans being considered to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis. No 10 and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) are discussing the […]
Police chiefs have told ministers they fear that the crisis gripping the Prison Service in England and Wales is “unsustainable” and risks public safety, the Guardian has learned. Government and prison chiefs have taken a series of crisis measures because of overcrowding, including plans to free convicted criminals early and using police cells to house […]
Ministers have triggered emergency measures to keep defendants in police custody because jails in England and Wales have run out of space. Hundreds of bail hearings at magistrates’ courts have been delayed under Operation Early Dawn, which orders courts to keep defendants in police cells until prison beds become available. The move affects defendants who […]
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