Tom Franklin, the chief executive of the Magistrates’ Association, said: “We have seen the reports that the Lord Chancellor ...
Criminal suspects will be freed on bail rather than being placed in custody because the prisons are full, senior lawyers have warned. The Law society said delays in court hearings ordered by the ...
Criminal suspects will be freed on bail rather than being placed in custody because the prisons are full, senior lawyers have warned. The Law society said delays in court hearings ordered by the ...
SUSPECTED criminals set to be kept in custody until their court date could be released on bail instead to ease jail overcrowding. Ministers yesterday triggered emergency measures delaying cases ...
Suspected criminals could be set free on bail instead of heading to jail after the government activated an emergency measure to delay court hearings due to prison overcrowding. The Ministry of ...
Ministers have triggered a plan which allows the criminal justice system to delay court cases of some suspects because of overcrowding in prisons. The emergency measure means some suspects will be ...
Scottish ministers are to seek powers to release prisoners early in a bid to reduce overcrowding in the country's jails. Justice Secretary Angela Constance said the move would only apply to those ...
Some court hearings will be delayed under emergency measures to cope with a lack of prison cells. People who are arrested may be forced to remain in police cells instead of attending their bail ...
A raid was carried out by local police and crime units, while residents had to be evacuated from the area ...