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““The judge might decide that, given the current prison overcrowding crisis, a suspended sentence will suffice.”

“…hat more on the Ministry of Justice because they just won't change, they don't want to change, they're all about number crunching.' Sir Keir Starmer's Government announced in July 2024 that thousands of prisoners would be released early to combat…”

“Freedom fiasco It hardly takes a clairvoyant to work out that releasing prisoners early will result in an increase in crime statistics.”

“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.”

“Under the controversial plan to ease prison overcrowding, they will leave prison after serving just one-third of their sentence behind bars, rather than half.”

“- Published About 650 more offenders will leave jails in England and Wales early on Tuesday in the second phase of the government's plan to tackle the prison population crisis.”

“Log in Costa Rica’s justice ministry announced on Tuesday that the country has transferred its first 123 inmates into a newly constructed mega-prison located on the outskirts of the capital, San José, built with assistance from the Salvadoran government.”

“Sri Lanka is facing a crisis with overcrowding in its prisons across the country – with the country's prison department claiming there are 'too many jailbirds, not enough jail guards'.”

“More and longer prison sentences, it said, will worsen overcrowding.”

“A Tory frontbencher has blasted the Ministry of Justice for spending almost £2million a year on 'finding ways to claim prisons are racist'.”

“This was increased to two years and, in June last year, to three years under the Temporary Presumptive Recategorisation Scheme - which was intended to ease overcrowding in higher-security prisons.”

“This would trigger a sanitation crisis due to insufficient toilets and showers, a particularly acute problem as staff shortages meant prisons already locked inmates in their cells for up to 20 hours a day, the union said.”

“The Government insists early release is necessary to relieve the prisons crisis.”

“It comes after hundreds of prisoners were released early last week amid an overcrowding crisis.”

“Labour has been accused of betraying rape gang victims by delaying plans for tougher sentences for child rapists due to prison overcrowding.”