Scotland frees hundreds of inmates as U.K. grapples with prison overcrowding crisis
Hundreds of prisoners will be freed in Scotland as part of a broader emergency response to ease the burden of overcrowded ...
‘Tough on crime’ policies blamed for prison overcrowding by Labour’s sentencing tsar
An over-reliance on a “tough on crime” approach is worsening the prison overcrowding crisis, Labour’s sentencing tsar has ...
Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons
They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across the Dominican Republic, often next to ...
Badger Herald1d
Gov. Evers to repurpose prisons amid overcrowding crisis
Gov. Tony Evers’ newest plan for Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections system proposes closing the Green Bay Correctional ...
Scotland begins early release of nearly 400 convicts in effort to relieve prison overcrowding
A long-running crisis of overstuffed jails and backlogged courts has reached a critical level.View on euronews ...
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Ministers accused of ‘panic-driven, knee-jerk’ response to prison overcrowding
The Scottish Conservatives also said it is ‘quite difficult’ for criminals to be sent to prison under rules introduced by the ...
Dominican Today1d
Dominican prisons face overcrowding and human rights concerns
Santo Domingo.- Thousands of inmates in the Dominican Republic endure extreme overcrowding, with many sleeping on floors near unsanitary conditions. Over 60% of the country’s 26,000 prisoners are held ...
London Evening Standard2d
Recall to prison needs urgent reform to avoid overcrowding crisis, charity warns
Urgent reform is needed to avoid another prison overcrowding crisis as rising numbers of people being recalled to prison is ...
UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds
UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds - David Gauke, former Conservative ...
Shropshire Star9d
Recall to prison needs urgent reform to avoid overcrowding crisis, charity warns
Urgent reform is needed to avoid another prison overcrowding crisis as rising numbers of people being recalled to prison is “trapping” them in the criminal justice system, a new report has warned.
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NCHR concerned about overcrowding in prisons
In extreme cases, such as Karachi’s Central Prison, overcrowding exceeded 300 per cent, the report said. These findings were part of the Prison Data Report 2024, a collaborative study by the ...