Criminal suspects will be freed on bail rather than remanded into custody because the Ministry of Justice is running out of prison spaces, senior lawyers ... to ease the prison overcrowding ...
Criminal suspects will be freed on bail ... prisons are full, senior lawyers have warned. The Law society said delays in court hearings ordered by the Ministry of Justice to ease prison ...
SUSPECTED criminals set to be kept in custody until their court date could be released on bail instead to ease jail overcrowding ... prisons were told low-level offenders could be freed 18 ...
Suspected criminals could be set free on bail instead of heading to jail after ... some prison sentences by up to 70 days, also to ease overcrowding. It is understood Operation Early Dawn was ...
Scotland's chief inspector of prisons had written ... curb its problems with overcrowding. Ministers south of the border have now said some suspects will be released on bail, rather than sent ...
Some prisoners will be freed up to 70 days early after ministers quietly extended an emergency early release scheme to alleviate the prison overcrowding ... to ease pressure in men’s prisons ...
As of 23 May, some male prisoners will now be freed up to 70 days before ... dangerous offenders behind bars. "To ease the short-term pressures on prisons, in March we announced an increase ...
As of 23 May, some male prisoners will now be freed up ... to apply in new prisons. In March, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk told MPs that the measure will remain under review. In a statement, a ...
A raid was carried out by local police and crime units, while residents had to be evacuated from the area ...