UK prisons: 100K inmates by 2030, £57K/year each - total £6B+ crisis!
-> Early releases hit 38K, overcrowding 98%, 262 freed by MISTAKE (up 128%).
-> Time for sentencing shake-up?

#UKPrisons #JusticeFail #OvercrowdingCrisis #PrisonsCrisis

#Prisons and #probation

#Sunak government freed more than 10,000 #prisoners up to 70 days early

New #JusticeSecretary preparing to announce further emergency measures to ease #OvercrowdingCrisis in #jails
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/12/over-10000-prisoners-freed-70-days-early-sunak-government?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#CriminalJusticeSystem #ToryLegacy