The sharp rise was likely driven by the number of jail sentences handed to those found guilty of taking part in the recent disorder across parts of the country. The prison population in England and Wales has been rising for much of the last three years, having fallen to 77,727 in April ...
Slessor, Catherine
The prison population has doubled over the past 30 years despite a fall in crime rates, the Institute for Government think tank said in a recent report. That is being driven in part by the fact that longer sentences are being handed out amid pressure to be tou...
With Devalda in prison for murder anyway, and fifteen long years now having passed, we must hope that someone will come forward and do the right thing as it wasn’t his family and friends, they had an issue with and they are who are suffering. As time moves on and old loyalties and ...
The various ironworks, steelworks, foundries, shipyards and docks required a huge influx of population to support them. This in turn led to the rapid building of rows of good quality mass-produced terraced housing for the workers, and substantial sandstone villas for the management. Barrow Iron ...
Prison population hits record high Judges told to push back sentencing amid prison overcrowding crisis Burke said some prisoners are deliberately committing acts of violence behind bars to get put in a single cell but praised the drug-free wing, which he said had helped him. ...
Ironically, this kind of criticism comes from abusive men living on UK welfare (UK did not ask them to become part of the population and also rejects former Bangladeshi leader when he applies for asylum there). The other person is Deepthi Sliva. She is said to be a former do...
be “allowed to proceed without political interference”. Badenoch has come under fire forcommentsinsinuating that maternity pay is “excessive” and that “about 5 to 10%” of civil servants are so bad that they “should be in prison”. She has backtracked on both fronts, claiming her ...
Ensuring public protection and safety inside and outside of the criminal justice system is no simple task, and with an ever-growing prison population introduces a new set of disruptive challenges for the UK Government to solve. To safeguard the public, fight criminal activity and help offenders ...
There will be other men, from the prison camps, the concentration camps, the conquered countries. It’s our job – the job of the underground – to return them to the fight. We must all do our work before we can go back to doing what we like.”...