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Prisoners will be held in police cells as jails close to breaking point again despite thousands being released early
PRISONERS will be held in police cells as Britain’s jails are almost out of space again. The country’s prisons are once again close to breaking point despite thousands of lags being released early ...
London Evening Standard1mon
Prison crisis measures triggered as jails full just six months after thousands of offenders released early
It is only used when detention centres are very close to running out of space. The measure is expected to free up about 200 cells for use by the Prison Service. However at £688 a day, they are ...
The Yorkshire Post20d
HMP Millsike: New 1,500-space Yorkshire prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding
Category C prison HMP Millsike ... system was on the “brink of collapse” nine months ago, facing running out of space entirely within weeks. She said: “Had we not acted, the result would ...
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Government won't rule out shortening sentences of violent offenders to free up prison space as it opens new jail
The justice secretary has not ruled out shortening the sentences of violent offenders in a drive to create more space in an over-stretched prison system. Speaking to Sky News, Shabana Mahmood MP ...
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Government won't rule out shortening sentences of violent offenders to free up prison space as it opens new jail
The justice secretary has not ruled out shortening the sentences of violent offenders in a drive to create more space in an over-stretched prison system. Speaking to Sky News, Shabana Mahmood MP said ...