Why do we have such overcrowded prisons?
Our prisons are overcrowded, the Government recently released a group of prisoners early to ease the pressure. Britain seems to incarcerate more people per head of population compared to any other Western European country. Now the Government has announced there is going to be a Review of Sentencing to see what we can do to reduce the number of people in prison.
Recently an eight week consultation period began, during which members of the public can send in their thoughts on how to tackle these issues.
Why have prisons have become so over-crowded, and what we can do about it?
John Podmore…
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