Labour to release prisoners in huge gamble as UK on verge of breakdown of law and order

“Whoever does the most horrendous crimes can't be dealt with because there's no place to put them, we need something better than that”.
Labour needs to do "more" than letting prisoners leave without the right reform, says Former Victims' Commissioner Dame Vera Baird.
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  • @junky360
    @junky36026 күн бұрын

    Labours prison crisis? Oh thats right, Keirs been in charge for 14 years....

  • @fiddlecastro1453

    @fiddlecastro1453

    26 күн бұрын

    Who's releasing the prisoners? Keir. Labour.

  • @Osk.S57

    @Osk.S57

    26 күн бұрын

    @@fiddlecastro1453 The Tories were also going to release prisoners Because of their mess.

  • @cw8867

    @cw8867

    26 күн бұрын

    So he's building more prisons then?... oh thats right instead he's releasing prisoners!... Thats all on him. Not the tories. Their not in power anymore. Keir is and this is his solution?!...

  • @paulchadwick9419

    @paulchadwick9419

    26 күн бұрын

    @@fiddlecastro1453ok then bright spark do you want to keep millers and rapists on the streets because there’s no room in prisons unless we release people early who shouldn’t be in prison in the first place

  • @joepopplewell680

    @joepopplewell680

    26 күн бұрын

    @@fiddlecastro1453 Because they have no other choice while new prisons are being built. It's the conservatives fault.

  • @briankerrison8504
    @briankerrison850426 күн бұрын

    It’s not Labour prison crisis.. they’ve only been in the chair for a week..🙄🙄🤭🤭😎

  • @dragonfly6908

    @dragonfly6908

    26 күн бұрын

    Under the previous Conservative government a newly built prison HMP Fosse Way in Wigston was open to new prisoners in late 2023.

  • @felixarbable

    @felixarbable

    25 күн бұрын

    Tories also closed a huge amount of prisons ​@@dragonfly6908

  • @seanjones180

    @seanjones180

    21 күн бұрын

    @@dragonfly6908 wasn't that just a rebuild and rebrand of Glen parva

  • @dragonfly6908

    @dragonfly6908

    21 күн бұрын

    @@seanjones180Looks like they demolished Glen Parva and built this new prison with an extra 250 places.

  • @seanjones180

    @seanjones180

    21 күн бұрын

    @@dragonfly6908 yea so kinda doesn't really touch the sides.. And the new build went wildly over budget.. Contracts for mates again I guess

  • @tonyharpur8383
    @tonyharpur838326 күн бұрын

    The title of this clip is incorrect: it should read 'The Tory Prison Crisis is dumped on the Labour Government.'

  • @snowyowel7961

    @snowyowel7961

    26 күн бұрын

    The tories are not the ones who put people in prison the courts are.

  • @paulmasterson386

    @paulmasterson386

    26 күн бұрын

    That’s the Tories for you,imprisoning people who break the law and therefore increasing the prison population.(nothing to do with drugs,of course). Perhaps labour should follow the example of prosecutors in Democrat run cities in America and simply refuse to imprison criminals,just keep giving them suspended sentences.

  • @sidhussain915

    @sidhussain915

    26 күн бұрын

    One of many time bombs left by Torries

  • @britviking5960

    @britviking5960

    26 күн бұрын

    So what,still a crisis you buffon

  • @oakbellUK

    @oakbellUK

    26 күн бұрын

    It wasn't the Tories who put people in prison... There's a separation between state and judiciary.

  • @MichaelJones-wh9cy
    @MichaelJones-wh9cy26 күн бұрын

    Laughable title

  • @monkeh86
    @monkeh8626 күн бұрын

    here's an idea: build more prisons + make prisons less of a holiday camp.

  • @Jason1984dfg

    @Jason1984dfg

    26 күн бұрын

    And longer sentences for serious crimes. The prisons would be less full if there was an actual deterrent for committing crimes.

  • @Ben-jq5oo

    @Ben-jq5oo

    26 күн бұрын

    @@Jason1984dfgThing is Jason, we know from research that most male prisoners lack impulse control and the ability understand cause and effect. Given this, would longer sentences have a deterrent effect? I’m not sure. Serious offenders have serious personality disorders, unlike the majority of drug offenders for example.

  • @Jason1984dfg

    @Jason1984dfg

    26 күн бұрын

    @@Ben-jq5oo you don’t think that if you’re convicted of carrying a knife, the sentence was a minimum of 10 years, that would not stop kids carrying knives. Of course it would.

  • @user-vi4tt8rv4o

    @user-vi4tt8rv4o

    26 күн бұрын

    And stop allowing convicted criminals from other countries to move to the UK

  • @Ben-jq5oo

    @Ben-jq5oo

    26 күн бұрын

    @@Jason1984dfg It would work for some, but not for all. I’m thinking of the aggravated burglary, assaults, sexual offences, for example.

  • @Archiesquaddy
    @Archiesquaddy26 күн бұрын

    Population has increased in this country, but infrastructure has not. Its the same with schools, hospitals, police stations, etc. A combination of mass immigration and a decade of austerity.

  • @blomcastPodcast
    @blomcastPodcast26 күн бұрын

    Sorry, but LABOUR'S prison crisis? Isn't that title ridiculous considering they've been in office for a week???

  • @hughiemg2

    @hughiemg2

    26 күн бұрын

    Welcome to being in power. People dont care how a problem arose they are only interested in the solution.

  • @spitfires1979

    @spitfires1979

    26 күн бұрын

    Their decision to release prisoners early.

  • @StinkingBishop

    @StinkingBishop

    26 күн бұрын

    Oh grow up. I'm sure you were front and center at the start of the Tory's reign saying the same thing. It is their problem now.

  • @dragonfly6908

    @dragonfly6908

    26 күн бұрын

    Under the previous Conservative Government a newly built prison HMP Fosse way in Wigston was open to prisoners in late 2023.

  • @truckerfromreno

    @truckerfromreno

    26 күн бұрын

    Well if Labour don't own the crisis who does? Welcome to government. Get on with it.

  • @zephyr8072
    @zephyr807226 күн бұрын

    "Labour's prison crisis" I will never forgive Keir Starmer for using his Delorean time machine to go back 14 years and instigate this prison crisis.

  • @marksmall8692
    @marksmall869226 күн бұрын

    What could possibly go wrong. They have already released a grooming gang leader

  • @Mightyflynn77
    @Mightyflynn7726 күн бұрын

    Can they not build camp facilities in a month or so? Like they did for COVID?

  • @petewisbey9538
    @petewisbey953826 күн бұрын

    Uk prisons are better than some peoples holidays because they keep going back - the uk is a joke

  • @markhayward7400
    @markhayward740026 күн бұрын

    This isn't Labour's prison crisis, it's the Tories prison crisis that Labour has inherited.

  • @ianallinson8165

    @ianallinson8165

    26 күн бұрын

    So why did Labour do nothing when tony Blair was in power not Tory who had this problem

  • @fiddlecastro1453

    @fiddlecastro1453

    26 күн бұрын

    @@ianallinson8165 Don't use facts with Labour numpties.

  • @Dragonsitter

    @Dragonsitter

    26 күн бұрын

    @@ianallinson8165NOT BEEN IN POWER FOR 14 years. How can it be Labours fault? You are RISIBLE

  • @cw8867

    @cw8867

    26 күн бұрын

    The tories arent in power anymore incase you hadn't noticed... And this is labour's plan to solve it?!... lol

  • @paulchadwick9419

    @paulchadwick9419

    26 күн бұрын

    @@ianallinson8165 as Tony Blair bern in power for the last 24 years and when Blair was in charge the prisons was full to capacity

  • @MargaretUK
    @MargaretUK26 күн бұрын

    Great, now I feel even less safe than I already do 😣

  • @Must_not_say_that
    @Must_not_say_that26 күн бұрын

    If there are only 700 spare places in prison that is more than enough for our corrupt politicians without letting any others out.

  • @pjdee5879
    @pjdee587926 күн бұрын

    The criminals must be having a great laugh. I'm betting the probation service won't be able to cope with the number of new clients either.

  • @XMan-qu5kl
    @XMan-qu5kl26 күн бұрын

    The tories did this so now labour has to fix it

  • @Jason1984dfg

    @Jason1984dfg

    26 күн бұрын

    @@XMan-qu5kl starmer did this when he decided on soft sentencing guidelines when he was in charge of the CPS, giving criminals no deterrent. Now he’s just releasing them back into society.

  • @airwolf8915

    @airwolf8915

    26 күн бұрын

    ​@@Jason1984dfg The truth doesn't fit the narrative 😉

  • @Jason1984dfg

    @Jason1984dfg

    26 күн бұрын

    @@airwolf8915 people don’t like the truth. Crime rates went up drastically after Starmer was in charge of the CPS and he changed the sentencing guidelines. He’s responsible for this mess, and now the same will happen again. Crime rates will sky rocket with criminals seeing that other criminals are being released. Starmer will destroy this country once and for all.

  • @XMan-qu5kl

    @XMan-qu5kl

    26 күн бұрын

    @@Jason1984dfgThe conservatives had 14 years to change the guidelines why didn’t they do that?

  • @ianleishman6774
    @ianleishman677426 күн бұрын

    Not a fan of Tories or labour,but they've only been in a week.That's a massive gamble.If violent crime(and lower level crime) sky rockets,don't be surprised. Instead of both blaming each other,build more prisons as soon as because they will be needed with such a huge rise in population.

  • @MijinLaw

    @MijinLaw

    26 күн бұрын

    What's a massive gamble? The release of these prisoners is not a policy change. They haven't started their reforms yet.

  • @dpelpal
    @dpelpal26 күн бұрын

    Im in Russia, live Samara. Prisoners in Russia forced to fight, men off the street grabbed and forced to fight, it is just a madness 😢

  • @Pauli-tm2zt

    @Pauli-tm2zt

    26 күн бұрын

    Don't you mean Keeev?

  • @vincentvangogh8092

    @vincentvangogh8092

    26 күн бұрын

    i travelled a lot in russia from about 2000 its gone insane now and my friends in russia told me putin was not going to be good

  • @vincentvangogh8092

    @vincentvangogh8092

    26 күн бұрын

    disabled soldiers being sent out to fight now and for what Russia allready the largest land mass in the world

  • @dpelpal

    @dpelpal

    26 күн бұрын

    @@vincentvangogh8092 I would give any thing to go back to the UK, i live there 2 years.

  • @graemebuchan1919

    @graemebuchan1919

    26 күн бұрын

    Stay safe

  • @stuzza4526
    @stuzza452626 күн бұрын

    As an Australian, I have to say that this situation sounds oddly familiar.

  • @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    26 күн бұрын

    We can arrange to send 'em over to you if you like!

  • @BrianRussell-di9gp
    @BrianRussell-di9gp26 күн бұрын

    Labour Government problem?? We have jiust experienced 14 years of egotistical Tory government (is government the right word?) so it is not the new government's problem. A reminder, 14 years of Tories, and yes it does take a long time to build a prison, and the Tories were around for a long time.

  • @ianstubbles863
    @ianstubbles86325 күн бұрын

    Wow! how did Labour destroy the perfect prison system they inherited from the tories in just over a week in power? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @cliveinnofthe7th.
    @cliveinnofthe7th.26 күн бұрын

    Most of the prisoners in our institutions are from foreign countries , surely they can be deported back to their countries of origin . They could be put in prison in their homeland , which would be far cheaper for the tsx payer .

  • @Richard-pe4cx
    @Richard-pe4cx26 күн бұрын

    how can 14 years of neglect suddenly become another's parties fault and this was exactly what the tories were going to do shame you didnt hold the tories to account

  • @timsmith5754
    @timsmith575426 күн бұрын

    England's Prime Ministers Crisis that should read! Not just now for ages!

  • @symonk8510
    @symonk851026 күн бұрын

    It is NOT the solution

  • @bhuddablue
    @bhuddablue26 күн бұрын

    If only we had hundreds of thousands of young fit men with nothing to do all day,all desperate i am sure to give something back to the country that has taken them in and housed,fed and cared for them.im sure they could help build these prisons

  • @LanaTodd-pn1yg

    @LanaTodd-pn1yg

    25 күн бұрын

    the govt says that they cant afford new infrastructure,,look at what the country forks out a week for immigrants...do they not get it whatever party it is..

  • @Mightyflynn77
    @Mightyflynn7726 күн бұрын

    We could also adopt a hybrid approach where prisoners take turns at spending overnights in HMP like Levi Bellfield, Fred West, Jimmy Savile etc. Even 2 weeks onshore 2 weeks offshore. There are so many solutions if one gets creative

  • @oakbellUK
    @oakbellUK26 күн бұрын

    Far too many men are sent to prison. The new prisons' csar is right - at least 30% should not be there. men are given 1.6x the sentence as women for the same offence. Prison doesn't 'work' anyway (other than keeping dangerous people off the streets).

  • @hughiemg2

    @hughiemg2

    26 күн бұрын

    I can guarantee you that won't be the narrative. It will be women should be released....

  • @timsmith5754
    @timsmith575426 күн бұрын

    CONSERVATIVE AND LABOUR ARE THE SAME TEAM FOLKS. WHY AREN'T THE WEALTHIEST FAMILYS ON THE NEWS HELPING?

  • @lynncuthbert2307
    @lynncuthbert230726 күн бұрын

    Tories deserve prison. They have trashed this land. Bunch of thugs.

  • @airwolf8915

    @airwolf8915

    26 күн бұрын

    The Eton Mafia 🥷

  • @timsmith5754
    @timsmith575426 күн бұрын

    Crime makes Barrister's wealthier..

  • @deanchamberlain1910
    @deanchamberlain191026 күн бұрын

    Keep on importing them😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @LanaTodd-pn1yg

    @LanaTodd-pn1yg

    25 күн бұрын

    l wonder what the stats show that a rise in immigration and the rising crime rate.

  • @Puddlesmolly
    @Puddlesmolly26 күн бұрын

    It will make space for the government to move in prisons

  • @IIzRoBzII
    @IIzRoBzII26 күн бұрын

    The problem with prisons was caused by the failures of the Conservative Party, not Labour.

  • @Jimontherun
    @Jimontherun26 күн бұрын

    I hope Alex Belfield is on his list, Jimmy Saville was never on his list.

  • @blowduke
    @blowduke26 күн бұрын

    And yet they put people in there who have sad hurtful words

  • @user-Red5hield-exp0ser
    @user-Red5hield-exp0ser26 күн бұрын

    Imagine believing anything that comes out of a banker puppets mouth(front bencher or pm)

  • @timsmith5754
    @timsmith575426 күн бұрын

    More distraction... Whatever happened to good news? Bring in taxes for second homes rental incomes show who's side you're on😂 Or spend our money on weapons HS2 contracts line the wealthiest pockets make laws against us so we can't protest? What's going on?❤

  • @vero57
    @vero5726 күн бұрын

    I can't believe this !!! I wish l knew early, not to vote ❎

  • @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    26 күн бұрын

    In which country's election?

  • @Bodybuilder1945
    @Bodybuilder194526 күн бұрын

    EXACTLY the same solution as the Conservative Government we have just got rid of, put in place - which, as I recall, the pathetic turds at Times Radio never then described as a "huge gamble"........now there's a surprise!

  • @Wemdave
    @Wemdave26 күн бұрын

    Kier stopped jimmy Savile, taking up a cell

  • @sherriekillick6582
    @sherriekillick658224 күн бұрын

    Make it make sense?!? So they are releasing people for crimes that they class as low to re convict people for the same crimes? 😅😂

  • @earthstick
    @earthstick26 күн бұрын

    Release anyone who is in prison for not having a TV licence.

  • @pete707

    @pete707

    26 күн бұрын

    It is not possible to receive a prison sentence for using a TV without a licence, non-payment of a court imposed fine for such an offence can result in a prison sentence. I think you will find that number in prison for this is zero.

  • @earthstick

    @earthstick

    26 күн бұрын

    @@pete707 Point taken

  • @gedreillyhomestead6926
    @gedreillyhomestead692626 күн бұрын

    Well it is their problem, they are the "Government". Might have been the Tories that were responsible for this crisis but it now belongs to Labour. You should've gone to Specsavers. (They do hearing aids as well you know) Blame all the W(rhymes with Bankers) that voted for the wrong party. Reform were the only party offering solutions to most of UK's problems.

  • @guff9567
    @guff956726 күн бұрын

    They didn't put that on their manifesto

  • @encoreunefois1X

    @encoreunefois1X

    26 күн бұрын

    Your user name seems quite fitting.

  • @guff9567

    @guff9567

    26 күн бұрын

    @@encoreunefois1X Saville rules Labour

  • @timsmith5754
    @timsmith575426 күн бұрын

    There's room everywhere to build prisons...

  • @thomaseaves7567
    @thomaseaves756726 күн бұрын

    Unemployment immediately increases by 40,000

  • @emoven369
    @emoven36926 күн бұрын

    So the Tories “prison works” didn’t work

  • @clintcumberland1664
    @clintcumberland166426 күн бұрын

    All the criminals are coming in on these boats 🤦‍♂️

  • @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    @ArtyFactual_Intelligence

    26 күн бұрын

    Civics courses are available at many Councils for the undereducated adult population.

  • @clintcumberland1664

    @clintcumberland1664

    26 күн бұрын

    Get your self there then 😂

  • @Mightyflynn77
    @Mightyflynn7726 күн бұрын

    With the rise of AI and robotics, can we not create an army of Murphy Robocops who can dispense instajustice on the streets of our vibrant towns and cities?

  • @DoubleDragon539
    @DoubleDragon53926 күн бұрын

    Labour's prison crisis...uhuh.

  • @feebaker9323
    @feebaker932326 күн бұрын

    Watch crime go up, illegal immigrants and prisoners, not a good mix

  • @aleccap5946
    @aleccap594626 күн бұрын

    What charged prisoners are being released ?

  • @beendoneagain
    @beendoneagain26 күн бұрын

    Gotham city here we come.

  • @investinnnnn
    @investinnnnn18 күн бұрын

    They want a lawless society

  • @roc7880
    @roc788026 күн бұрын

    thank Tories, they did not manage the penitenciary capacity properly.

  • @TeamLurxOfficial
    @TeamLurxOfficial26 күн бұрын

    she said a bunch of nothing

  • @Puddlesmolly
    @Puddlesmolly26 күн бұрын

    The reason Trump had Gitmo made twice as big ...

  • @investinnnnn
    @investinnnnn18 күн бұрын

    WEF puppet Starmer

  • @Pauli-tm2zt
    @Pauli-tm2zt26 күн бұрын

    So, why didn't Sir Rodney Trotter make more of a thing about this during his opposition years? Too busy with the woke nonsense, me thinks.

  • @scarletmunchkin
    @scarletmunchkin26 күн бұрын

    Surly nothing can go wrong

  • @vincentblack7467
    @vincentblack746726 күн бұрын

    He's making room for the new arrivals... Forward thinking...

  • @level2etmpractical665
    @level2etmpractical66526 күн бұрын

    I've got an idea.... BUILD MORE PRISONS!!!!

  • @seangilchrist3102
    @seangilchrist310226 күн бұрын

    Try building more prisons ffs

  • @paulqueenan178
    @paulqueenan17826 күн бұрын

    Don't send 3 billion to Ukraine, build two new prisons

  • @markredmond2014

    @markredmond2014

    26 күн бұрын

    1939

  • @paulchadwick9419

    @paulchadwick9419

    26 күн бұрын

    You think it’s that easy do you and you are happy to see people murdered when they could be helped You are pathetic

  • @TheInspector-wi1tu

    @TheInspector-wi1tu

    26 күн бұрын

    I’m sure the Russians would like that

  • @paulchadwick9419

    @paulchadwick9419

    26 күн бұрын

    So you don’t want to help people who’s being murdered by any chance are you a Reform voter Putin friendly

  • @pete707

    @pete707

    26 күн бұрын

    Send them to Ukraine and build hospitals did you say?

  • @laurastrong9900
    @laurastrong990026 күн бұрын

    Uniparty

  • @Jaiken451
    @Jaiken45126 күн бұрын

    Tory landmine…

  • @dilekavan5796
    @dilekavan579626 күн бұрын

    Make a new ones in islands sheetland island

  • @Pogoproject
    @Pogoproject26 күн бұрын

    Jimmy savilles Lawyer is prime minister 🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Distractions Distractions distractions You're watching a movie The revolution will not be televised NCSWIC NOTHING

  • @MijinLaw

    @MijinLaw

    26 күн бұрын

    Oh good point. Except that 1) He wasn't his lawyer, 2) There's no evidence Kier was ever even informed about the case against Savile being dropped, and right-wing media has gotten so desperate they made a childish photoshop of Kier meeting Savile and 3) The fact that defence lawyers may represent some bad people isn't a mark against them. You may as well say it's a black mark against any doctor that ever treated Savile.

  • @graemebuchan1919

    @graemebuchan1919

    26 күн бұрын

    If that was true then you could say you paid for Savilles rapes to happen with your TV licence fees (in the UK we don't have lawyers btw)

  • @mattbrdn

    @mattbrdn

    26 күн бұрын

    I don't know this Jimmy savilles, but Jimmy Savile was a friend of both the current king and the party now in opposition. Knighted in 1990 by his pal Margaret Thatcher. It's a bit rich trying to claim that the reason he wasn't convicted of his heinous crimes is Keith's fault. I think the revolution is probably already being televised, you just need to turn on and tune in...now I'm going to drop out.

  • @airwolf8915

    @airwolf8915

    26 күн бұрын

    Starmer was the Director of the Public Prosecution Service, he refused to prosecute Seville.

  • @MijinLaw

    @MijinLaw

    26 күн бұрын

    @@airwolf8915 There's no evidence he was even made aware of the decision not to prosecute

  • @richardharkness9427
    @richardharkness942726 күн бұрын

    This is not a surprise. Starmer and Co have been in Westminster for years. Unless they sat with their hands over their ears they knew.

  • @darrennandrewfitness2836

    @darrennandrewfitness2836

    26 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂 did u hit ur head. The issue was created by the previous government they under staffed and under funded the prison state. The prison boss just came out and said this 🤷🏿

  • @TimesFM4532

    @TimesFM4532

    26 күн бұрын

    Yeah in opposition

  • @melvinpenman1102
    @melvinpenman110226 күн бұрын

    What a disgrace, and what happens when people are hurt by the released

  • @jimmeltonbradley1497

    @jimmeltonbradley1497

    26 күн бұрын

    Try listening to what has been said about the kind of people who will be released and how they will be governed after release.

  • @Jason1984dfg

    @Jason1984dfg

    26 күн бұрын

    @@jimmeltonbradley1497grooming gang members are being released.

  • @airwolf8915

    @airwolf8915

    26 күн бұрын

    ​@@jimmeltonbradley1497 you believe in Santa Claus 😊

  • @alee_enn
    @alee_enn26 күн бұрын

    Those saying It was the Tories prison crisis seem to forget, Labour are the ones releasing the prisoners, not the Tories. When your house gets broken into or your car gets stolen, it's Labour who released the petty thieves, not the Tories.

  • @anglonorse2943

    @anglonorse2943

    26 күн бұрын

    How wrong you are, the previous government started releasing prisoners early months ago

  • @guff9567
    @guff956726 күн бұрын

    Letting Saville off the hook as usual

  • @RoadBikeCC
    @RoadBikeCC26 күн бұрын

    😁😁

  • @CatherineMitchell-vw3ix
    @CatherineMitchell-vw3ix26 күн бұрын

    This is crazy, no deterrent, I’m might as well do and serve 40% . Criminal acts awful and only going to get worse, put them in the hotels you’re using for illegal emigrants .

  • @jimmeltonbradley1497

    @jimmeltonbradley1497

    26 күн бұрын

    And who created this situation? Who overloaded the prison system through lack of action?

  • @Jason1984dfg

    @Jason1984dfg

    26 күн бұрын

    @@jimmeltonbradley1497 Starmer with his soft sentencing guidelines when he was in charge of the CPS.

  • @Puddlesmolly
    @Puddlesmolly26 күн бұрын

    Like Biden did.... 😂