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overcrowding

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Prison heads have been warned by HM Prison and Probation Service officials that an 'operational capacity breaking point' will arrive just days after the July 4 election

Prison governors 'warned jails will hit breaking point in July' due to overcrowding

By Elizabeth Haigh Published: 04:01 EDT, 20 June 2024 | Updated: 04:03…
Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (pictured) was said to be fuming about the advice

Furious police chiefs declare they will 'never agree to pausing any unnecessary arrests' – as Government plan to solve prison overcrowding backfires

By Rebecca Camber Published: 18:00 EDT, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 18:03…

Japanese tourist hotspot introducing new rules to target overcrowding

Mount Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an icon of Japan,…
Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, has been identified and charged for allegedly murdering nursing student Laken Riley, 22, at the University of Georgia in Athens

Illegal migrant from Venezuela is arrested for murder of UGA nursing student Laken Riley: Was released from CBP custody because of overcrowding

An illegal immigrant freed because of lack of detention space is now…
Arabic tutor Ahmed Hafeji, 29, (pictured) from Bolton, Greater Manchester ordered huge hauls of counterfeit clothing from Nike, Adidas, and Puma tops, from China to sell on at discounts prices online

Teacher mastermind, 29, behind £240,000 pirate football kit market spared jail after judge admits he is 'alive to the particular problems of prison overcrowding at this time'

A teacher who created a £240,000 trafficking racket in pirate football kits…
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is set to unveil a series of reformed to sentencing tomorrow amid claims judges have been told to delay sentencing violent offenders like rapists because there is nowhere to put them.

Pop-up cells which will put prisoners in prefab Portakabin-style blocks to be expanded to try and solve major overcrowding crisis in Britain's jails

The number of pop-up cells used to house prisoners are set to…
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is expected to announce a package of measures on Monday which could include a plan to slash the number of offenders sent to jail for less than six months or possibly less than 12 months

Ministers risk 'soft justice' backlash over plans to allow criminals facing short sentences of 'less than 12 months' to be spared jail to tackle prison overcrowding crisis

Ministers risk ‘soft justice’ backlash over plans to allow criminals facing short…

Hospital worker claims patients are dying due to overcrowding

A healthcare worker says overcrowding at a hospital in Sydney’s west is…
UWS school so overcrowded with migrants it can no longer provide popular programs: parents

UWS school so overcrowded with migrants it can no longer provide popular programs: parents

The city Department of Education is ignoring pleas to help an Upper…
The court heard that investigators became suspicious of Steven Black, pictured, after items started to disappear at times when he was working in the depot at Speke on Merseyside

DHL delivery driver who stole £53,000 of parcels avoids jail because of prison overcrowding

DHL delivery driver who stole £53,000 of parcels including gold coins, jewellery…