The UK’s prison population has grown substantially since the Covid-19 pandemic
Criminals guilty of some of the most serious crimes including rape and burglary will face delays in going to prison from next week because jails are full.
The Times quoted an anonymous senior judge as saying that they had been “ordered/strongly encouraged” not to send to prison a defendant who appears before them on bail due to concerns that the prison system is at capacity. The senior Tory said: “We’re making sure that those who commit the most sexual acts are not able to get early release and that is putting extra pressure on our prison places. We’ve already got 2,500 more prison places now and we are increasing that to 20,000 more.”
The Tory administration plans to create 20,000 extra prison places by the mid 2020s, but those proposals are reportedly delayed due to planning disagreements. “However, the criminal justice system has seen unprecedented growth in the prison population, following the pandemic and barristers’ strike, particularly among those awaiting trial, with 6,000 more prisoners on remand than pre-pandemic.
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