05/06/2008 13:57:00
In response to the publication this morning of the government’s consultation on so-called ‘Titan’ prisons, the Prison Reform Trust has today released the June 2008 Bromley Briefings prison factfile with the latest facts and figures on the state of our prisons and the state of people in them.
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02/05/2008 15:38:00
The Prison Service announced on Friday 2 May 2008, that the number of people held in custody in England and Wales had risen to a new all-time high of 82,501.
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01/04/2008 12:26:00
In his annual review of the courts, The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, said a "stream" of legislation had contributed to courts being "seriously overstretched", and that some legislation reflects the "politicisation" of sentencing.
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08/02/2008 10:26:00
"The record high prison population for England and Wales of 81,681 has been fuelled in recent weeks by a sharp increase in the numbers of remand and short term prisoners. Despite opening a new prison this week and extra cellblocks wherever space allowed, government attempts to build its way out of this crisis have failed. In recent weeks, the prison population is growing at a rate which even building a new medium-sized prison every week would not match."
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01/02/2008 13:45:00
Speaking today about the Court of Appeal’s judgment in the cases of David Walker and Brett James, Juliet Lyon, director, Prison Reform Trust said:
Today’s decision highlights the dangers of passing headline-grabbing laws with barely any regard to the consequences.
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