The Aporia
The Aporia
4 articles about 4 events for “Prison Overcrowding Crisis” from The Guardian.
““The judge might decide that, given the current prison overcrowding crisis, a suspended sentence will suffice.”
“The MoJ figures also show 79,274 inmates were freed early from prison between September 2024 and June 2026 under emergency measures brought in by the government to try to tackle the overcrowding crisis.”
“A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “This government inherited prisons on the brink of collapse and a homelessness crisis, with rough sleeping more than doubling since 2010.”
“Amid an ongoing overcrowding crisis in England and Wales, governors of 10 category C prisons have been asked to sign off the installation of second beds in “rapid deployment cells [RDCs]”.”