Magistrates told to delay jailing criminals as weekly prison population reaches highest level since 2011
The system, already in the midst of an overcrowding crisis, is normally under greater pressure after a bank holiday weekend, which eases when courts reopen. While courts can sit on a bank holiday Monday, prisoners are unable to be released until Tuesday.
The prison population then stood at 88,234, the highest end of week number since weekly data was first published in 2011. There is considerable concern among justice figures about what could happen over the coming weeks before prisoners are freed early, the PA news agency reported. “I can’t build a prison by Saturday. We will fix it, we’ve already taken the measures that are necessary to make sure we can get through the disorder.”
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Justice said more than 500 places will be made available in the coming weeks. A spokesperson said: “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.
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