Exclusive: heads of prisons say they will no longer be able to accept new inmates ‘very soon’ after 4 July election
Prison governors have been warned that jails will be so overcrowded by the second week of July that they will struggle to accept any more inmates, plunging an incoming government into an immediate crisis.
The heads of jails in England and Wales were informed by HM Prison and Probation Service officials earlier this month that data pointed to an “operational capacity breaking point” only days after the 4 July general election.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Exclusive: heads of prisons say they will no longer be able to accept new inmates ‘very soon’ after 4 July electionPrison governors have been warned that jails will be so overcrowded by the second week of July that they will struggle to accept any more inmates, plunging an incoming government into an immediate crisis.The heads of jails in England and Wales were informed by HM Prison and Probation Service officials earlier this month that data pointed to an “operational capacity breaking point” only days after the 4 July general election. Continue reading…
