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John Reid announces new measures to deal with prison overcrowding
Police cells to ease prison overcrowding

Criminals will be held in police cells in an emergency measure introduced to deal with a bursting prison population, John Reid has announced. The home secretary today confirmed there are currently 79,819 people in jail in England and Wales, just 149 places short of full capacity. As a result, Mr Reid has ordered the implementation… Read more »

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Home Office rejects claims of secret early release plans
Home Office denies prisoner early release plans

The Home Office has been forced to deny claims that plans are being drawn up to release thousands of prisoners early if Britain’s jails become too full. The so-called administrative release system would, according to The Times, see inmates serving sentences of under a year freed early if the prison population became unmanageable. “We do… Read more »