Britains prison crisis

[Bleipriester]

The former UK government set up harsher sentences but did not succeed in building new prisons. With almost 90.000 people behind bars, there is already a double occupancy in the prisons and there are only weeks until there is no more space. Only a few hundred places are free. Lawsuits are being delayed because of this.
The government began to release prisoners early in May because of this.

The current government will expand the early releases. This will apply tomorrow.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-government-releases-prisoners-early-ease-overcrowding-jails-2024-05-15/

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-overflowing-prisons-present-pm-starmer-with-early-crisis-2024-07-10/

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-expand-early-release-prisoners-prison-governors-say-2024-07-11/

 

[1srelluc]

LOL...."Mah Empire" and no place to put the convicts.

 

[Polishprince]

Why doesn't the UK just reopen the Tower of London and Botany Bay for the excess criminals? Or maybe start hanging and drawing and quartering more of them to open up space in the penitentiaries?

 

[Auld Phart]

no room for the excess in Australia?

 

[Crepitus]

The former UK government set up harsher sentences but did not succeed in building new prisons. With almost 90.000 people behind bars, there is already a double occupancy in the prisons and there are only weeks until there is no more space. Only a few hundred places are free. Lawsuits are being delayed because of this.
The government began to release prisoners early in May because of this.

The current government will expand the early releases. This will apply tomorrow.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-government-releases-prisoners-early-ease-overcrowding-jails-2024-05-15/

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-overflowing-prisons-present-pm-starmer-with-early-crisis-2024-07-10/

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-expand-early-release-prisoners-prison-governors-say-2024-07-11/

Start sending them to Australia again?

 

[1srelluc]

I'm sure some of those Royal Estates/Crown Lands have land available for prison construction.....Better than a ugly ass wind farm.