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Prison population hits record high in week before early release scheme starts

The prison population has reached a new record high as ministers are reported to be considering renting jail cells in Estonia to ease overcrowding. Official figures showed there were 88,521 people behind bars on Friday, 171 more than the previous ...

06 Sept 2024 at 18:16

Emergency move to avoid jail overcrowding may be used soon as rioters sentenced

The Government could trigger an emergency plan to avoid prison overcrowding “at some point next week” as rioters are sentenced, according to the Prison Officers’ Association. It followed reports in The Observer that the Government could be about ...

18 Aug 2024 at 17:06

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Gang behind slaughter of 41 women at Honduran prison, officials say

Inmates had complained for weeks they were being threatened by gang members at a women’s prison in Honduras before 41 of them were killed in a riot, family members said. Many of the victims had been burned, shot or stabbed to death in the ...

21 Jun 2023 at 07:39

Justice system requires considerable investment to deal with cases swiftly – DPP

The Director of Public Prosecutions has said the criminal justice system requires “considerable investment” as hundreds of jailed rioters continue to put pressure on overcrowded prisons. In a piece for the Times newspaper, Stephen ...

20 Aug 2024 at 11:11

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Gang slaughtered 46 women at Honduran prison in ‘monstrous’ attack

Gang members in a women’s prison in Honduras slaughtered 46 other women inmates by spraying them with gunfire, attacking them with machetes and then locking survivors in their cells and dousing them with flammable liquid, an ...

21 Jun 2023 at 21:10

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