Prisons ‘creaking’ under pressure amid plans to release offenders 70 days early

By PA News

Published: 08:04, 08 May 2024

| Updated: 13:11, 08 May 2024

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The prison system is “creaking at every level”, a watchdog warned as ministers prepared to release some offenders from their sentences up to 70 days early to ease overcrowding.

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