Males prisons are now reportedly the closest they have ever been to running out of space
, according to the Telegraph which first reported the figure.
The prison population then stood at 88,234, the highest end of week number since weekly data was first published in 2011.has previously repeated claimed the crisis has been caused by the former Conservative government neglecting jails during their 14 years in power. They said this immediate pressure typically eases once releases resume and it not expecting that to be any different this weekThey added: “The new Government inherited a justice system in crisis and has been forced into taking difficult but necessary action to ensure we can keep locking up dangerous criminals and protect the public.
The MoJ has already launched Operation Early Dawn in a bid to alleviate the pressure on prisons, which sees convicts kept in police cells until prison spaces become available.There is considerable concern among justice figures about what could happen over the coming weeks prior to prisoners being freed early, it is understood.
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