Overcrowded prisons trigger emergency measures in England
Prisons in England are now so full that people newly charged by the police are having their court appearances delayed because there might not be a cell available if they're sent to jail awaiting trial.
Critics say the whole situation is further evidence of a criminal justice system on the verge of collapse.
The Ministry of Justice says it's tackling the situation with a scheme known as Operation Early Dawn - which appropriately began at 5.30 this morning.
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Why not transfer foreign prisoners to prisons in their countries?
@Nice0n3
20 күн бұрын
Because the vast majority are british criminals. In addition it would require this thing called an international agreement with said countries. We all know how big the brits are on international cooperation, agreements and laws...
@mary-annesade
20 күн бұрын
they may be also overcrowded ?
@RobertTaylor-gz2fu
20 күн бұрын
@@mary-annesade It should still be their responsibility to hold their own people.
@OdachiRain
20 күн бұрын
the uk government wants british taxpayers to be depressed not happy!
@Boghopper9999
20 күн бұрын
Well, thanks to Brexit we no longer have such agreements with our closest neighbours
Never the prison on its knee the country’s on it knees Karma
The biggest risk to public safety is Sunak.
Smh. The stalker and domestic abuser without mental help will be a repeat offender.
@PoppiesAndPride
20 күн бұрын
MENTAL HELP THEY ARE JUST EVIL BULLIES WAKE UP
Talking about things being earlier, what about an earlier General Election?
@keithmarshall7084
20 күн бұрын
Not gonny happen
@LuzDoSol-yr5bv
20 күн бұрын
@@keithmarshall7084 😂
Basically then, after 14 years, the Tories have screwed up yet again!
@user-wu1dv6jk5s
20 күн бұрын
uniparty, nothing to do with "tories" alone
@biga1398
20 күн бұрын
@@user-wu1dv6jk5sAh yes because Labour could’ve used their democratic mandate to reform prisons at any time the last 14 years. It’s unbelievable that throughout Corbyn and Starmers time in government they never did anything about it, shameful.
@maria8809ttt
19 күн бұрын
Private companies running our prisons aim for 8 - 10% profit margins. I wander how much privertisation plays a part in this picture. I know private prisons are more overcrowded than public prisons. Increased government spending can be drained by private profit extraction. Private prisons cost more per placement than public prisons. A prison crisis due to reaching capacity is serious in a democracy that is governed by rule of law.
@2880ar
19 күн бұрын
blame migrants not Tories
@MultiBurger1
19 күн бұрын
@@2880ar Blame lib lab and con, actually.
Deportation!
Oh please the last 14 years were all about AUSTERITY and cut backs
@cw8867
19 күн бұрын
Yeah the country has been skint for decades now.. and it ain't going to get better no matter who is in charge
@ChrispyNut
19 күн бұрын
@@cw8867 Not skint, at all. Just spending money on bad things and not on good things (to sound like a politician). When you're reliant on maintaining the status quo, it leaves you incapable of adapting when the status quo inevitably shifts.
@cw8867
19 күн бұрын
@ChrispyNut lol did you just upvote your own comment? 😂 But yes we are skint the national debt is 2.5 trillion and borrowing was at 39 billion at the end of last year... No buddy, we are totally skint
@ChrispyNut
19 күн бұрын
@@cw8867 I did not, doesn't even show a like on my screen. Every country has debt, that's literally how money is created, whether it's public debt or private debt.
@cw8867
19 күн бұрын
@ChrispyNut and just by coincidence the like has now disappeared 🤦♂️😂 Yeah and how exactly do you expect to pay that debt off if you're borrowing 39 billion every quarter?... you dont! because you always owe out capital so, in other words... skint If you don't understand thats ok mate *edited for typo
40 years ago the UK prison population was around 46000, it is now around 95000. This hasnt happened overnight, this is a problem that was decades in the making.
@seanmcilvenie9097
19 күн бұрын
Thanks to multiculturalism.
@j.harrison6744
18 күн бұрын
It's called cultural enrichment. Stop being a bigot.
@skycloud4802
18 күн бұрын
The population needs to stop increasing. The country needs a managed population decline.
@seanmcilvenie9097
15 күн бұрын
@@j.harrison6744 cultural enrichment? Where do you live?
@leehenry5764
13 күн бұрын
Mass immigration
You should have kept Australia as your penal colony. You fools.
@gbrown9694
20 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@sbaby-kg8hn
19 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@es-rh8oo
19 күн бұрын
🤣 Or the isle of man. Plenty of space there. One way flights/boat rides anyway
Why don't they release all the people on laughable cannabis charges and non payment of unlawful fines
@K-a-n-d-i-s
20 күн бұрын
Amen
@suzanneportch113
20 күн бұрын
And hate speech crimes...and praying outside abortion centres..etc
@biga1398
20 күн бұрын
@@suzanneportch113 Nah keep them in and chuck away the key
@skymanifest8339
20 күн бұрын
@@biga1398Ironically, that's considered hate speech now.
@user-wu1dv6jk5s
20 күн бұрын
@@suzanneportch113 I'm pretty certain they are false flags, just done to scaremonger
I sure hope most of those people are not there because they offended someone
So the PM lied at PMQs. I'm shocked..... actually no I'm not! He lies a lot.
@JamesBurdon-gu5yu
11 күн бұрын
And labour don't? Labour has loose on crime policies and will have no plans with dealing with illegal immigration causing this issue to explode.
@carlbland68
5 күн бұрын
@@JamesBurdon-gu5yu they all do but i dnt vote so im not part of the problem
@JamesBurdon-gu5yu
2 күн бұрын
@@carlbland68 Fair
What is the difference,we don't know who or what is wandering about this crime ridden hole 🕳️
Prison is not about rehabilitation it's about private security firms making money. Prison is a business and people with mental health issues should not be in prison.
Scotland declared a housing emergency too. Maybe there are too many people on the island? There’s no excuse to be housing any foreign criminals.
And guess how that will effect the probation officers already firefighting their intense high caseload. It will make it even more unmanageable, more officer breakdowns, and more SFO's. Trust me, this wont be ending well!!
Prison should be reserved for people who are actually dangerous and/or those who abuse positions of power.
@cry-rs7vv
19 күн бұрын
Cool dream on as mps do their "job" ruining this country for reputation
We don't need to worry about the prisoners We need to be worried about the poloticians
When country is run by people detached from reality it will keep deteriorating no matter what is the name of the party.
14 years of Tory.
Surely they must be able to squeeze in all those MPs….
What about sending them to Rwanda ?
@jjojjoxx
19 күн бұрын
Who all the immigrants taking up our prisons? Good idea!!
wow this is chaos . As a foreigner watching this I am shock. You would expect this in a third world country . Not in a country of first world status . Looks like the U.K. Justice & Prison system needs a complete over haul .
Half the people in jail dont NEED to be there
Why don't they adopt the successful crime reducing El Salvador model????????
@patarciepaul
20 күн бұрын
Stupid comment.
Full of whom though thats the important question?
party of Law & Order my a** Starmer locked them up; Sunak/Tories releasing them
Have the prisoner’s build new wings….
Last time I got out of prison was about 10yrs ago and it was over crowded then. I see nothing has changed
They will be letting people who put stickers up out early then eh?
@Inquisitor_Vex
20 күн бұрын
Lol great point!
@zedddddful
20 күн бұрын
Oh no they'll make sure they do full term it'll just be the dangerous nutcases they let out that's all.
@leehenry5764
13 күн бұрын
No he was deemed far-right by the state and will spend even longer inside
@andreroswell1561
13 күн бұрын
@@leehenry5764 That's true.The far left establishment does not like whites.
@andreroswell1561
13 күн бұрын
@@leehenry5764 That's true.The far left establishment does not like Huwhites.
The fact that Labour are criticising Conservatives for this action when they did the exact same thing in 2007 shows they say whatever sounds good without an moral high ground from which to say it.
Build more prisons, simple.
@Shads187
18 күн бұрын
@Abs1919-sn5rs what you don't think the UK has money? You'd be a fool to think the UK doesn't have the resources. Wake up.
On its knees praying to Alan’s Snackbar? The answer’s obvious!🤨
@throwawaythrowaway9764
19 күн бұрын
Sorry if I sound stupid, but what’s an Alan’s Snackbar? Hear that a lot in comments sections on news channels.
@lumpycustard3433
18 күн бұрын
@@throwawaythrowaway9764 It ‘sounds like’ a phrase shouted in another language when a culturally diverse type comes at you with a pointy thing in malice for example.
Half the people are in for stalking ex s in jail its crazy . 😂😂
There is always the capital punishment option without the 20 year wait of course. Most of these prisons are just 3 star hotels with a few extra guards so maybe just build actual prisons that punish those that commit crimes. Prisoners can still get hold of drugs and mobile phones and pretty much whatever they like so obviously there is alot wrong with the current system. The system of law needs to change before anything else.
Same problem in Belgium, so it's not just a UK thing
Know nothing about him but Sir Bob Neill MP seems like a top guy, I wish more people in British politics were like him.
@KeithRingo
19 күн бұрын
I'm onto you Bob and your fake account!
this is because i told them to create a priority order on crimes and a priority order in prisons and let minor crimes like drug dealing and theft go free with warnings.
Seriously, as UK citizen currently not living in the UK it looks like EVERYTHING is underfunded: NHS, Prisons, police, social services Everyone pays high taxes, so where is all the money going?!
@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts
6 күн бұрын
That's what we keep asking! Paying private business huge fees for services that aren't delivered...my local hospital has cut back on really basic necessities because of costs, drugs, equipment, slings, crutches and the little plastic catheters they put in the back of your hand in a&e to administer drugs &drips... guess how much the tiny plastic things cost the NHS?? £20!! Each! For tiny plastic made for pennies. That's where tax payers money goes. So, which member of the Tory party is a director of the company that got that deal then?
We had early release thing back in the day that didn’t last long 😂😂😂
Don't want to end up in prison? Don't be a criminal
@mimo.1467
19 күн бұрын
How about British justice system stop sending people to prison left right and centre for small things or even without conviction?
@davidgill8996
19 күн бұрын
The country is run by criminals. Grow up.
@we.are.all.barabbas
19 күн бұрын
@@mimo.1467 fair enough, you're right
@leehenry5764
13 күн бұрын
@@mimo.1467Without conviction?
@mimo.1467
13 күн бұрын
@leehenry5764 yup. Its called held "on remand". 18% of prisoners as for January 2024, which are 16 005 people who might or might not be guilty.
Will they be tagged, and reporting to local police.
Labour believe in prison, prison, prison the conservatives believe in rehabilitation, rehabilitation, rehabilitation. Your sentence depends on which local council presides over the court. Due to COVID I could not be tried in Peterborough I had to be heard in Cambridge under Peterborough guidelines. I got probation
Kier we heard about early leavers
Where are the prisoner's going to be housed? We have a halfway house down the road and there's more unease amongst people living here, because the released walk around drinking all day, smoking weed etc. There's no help for them, so they'll reoffend.
Bunch of clowns…watching them MPs is giving me flash back to the play ground days
Build prisons then!?
The Home Office can just recommend less prison sentences are imposed.
Well when you make life harder the prisons tend to fill up
What really strikes me is the contrast in how, amidst all these controversies, the Tories are vigorously pursuing legal actions to prosecute and imprison environmental activists from groups like Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion. It feels quite dystopian.
"everything is on its knees" these days...
You'd have thought that given Police are the worst offenders and they now have body cams that they'd actually be able to convict them quicker.
Britain is sinking....
@shazanali692
19 күн бұрын
Dude could back the late 70s and early 80s
@j.harrison6744
18 күн бұрын
It's cultural enrichment, bigot.
And still we don't legalise weed. Imagine how many people are in prison because of it.
@BezoomyKoshka-ip4dz
18 күн бұрын
We get it, you're 16 and your mum don't know you smoke weed yet. You're so gangster
@leehenry5764
13 күн бұрын
Don't want it legalised, tories will tax us to death on it and make it weak!
Anyone seen the film Fortress, could be a good idea, prison underground or in space. Plenty of space.
Prison in Rwanda?
Rishi makes me sick
We need More Prisons. Far More.
Full Prison time or chance of redemption in the military for those willing to show change
Deport
The thing about the court and prison system is that someone everyday is being sent to prison and they can make more space but it doesn't matter because there is more of us as people then prison cell and its only getting worser specialy as wii ara getting more people from different countries on boats that doesn't help 😀
Not only overcrowded but also underfunded and damaged by the way they operate on a failed bottom line of course....
We need a system like the USA. They accept prison space is limited and justice has a financial limit.. The DA’s have to manage those limited resources. That’s why they offer plea bargains. A court case might bring a 5 year sentence. But if you don’t go to court they will offer 3 years instead. That’s saves the cost of a trial and two years imprisonment.
Hope they leave room for those who pushed the vaxinations. As if that will ever reach trial.
@callumward7503
17 күн бұрын
The same people that took a video recording of me working out in a park and saying, "You shouldn't be here, mate. You're spreading it."
We got plenty of room in are privately run American prisons, for all of our mentally ill and criminal newcomers. Be warned. It's going down right now.
Why didn't Rishi have access to the same report that Starmer used so well in PMQ's today? The report is available for all MP's to see. What's the use of civil servants and researchers and advisors (with or without rainbow lanyards) if everybody isn't on the same page? Are these people running the country or what? I could do better than this and I'm a lazy so-and-so...
They just proved to them selfs the whole country is a joke.
this is gonna get a whole lot worse very soon
Prison isn't that bad at all i have Been ones before and i was surprised how easy it was you get giveing vape pens when you get to the front door of a prison and fresh clothes and you get a tv in your cell and 3 hot meals a day its just like being at home the only thing is that your locked up that all 😀
We need more prisons. Build more prisons, up the capacity of the system
@BradleyBarnes-om2jv
20 күн бұрын
No😂
@samjones6258
20 күн бұрын
Too expensive and already don't have enough staff!
Let the unelected none domicides wife talk lol
Rishi sunak doesn't care about the publics safety
Prison should be on its knees and not a 5* hotel. Stupid title
They are not s threat, yet they have just done a prison term 😂
you know what would be nice, if there narcissist who are on these benches can just stand up and say you sorry we have made mistakes ! lets get together and fix it ...
STALKERS DO YOU HEAR ITS ILLEGAL TO STALK PEOPLE
Bobble heads
therea some prisoner on his nees for spice right now lol
What about deporting those with life sentences?
Legalise cannabis ya tools 🙂↕️
This is karma
Breakshit means Breakshit
It's Labour's fault, why we are in this position in the first place with the ipp.
@techtinkerin
19 күн бұрын
That's only about 2500 people, so your statement makes no sense
@patdennison4508
19 күн бұрын
@@techtinkerin obviously you have no clue what damage that ipp Sentence has done. So your comment is floored.
Starmer refused to prosecute Saville. Says it all
@MurphyOCP-001
19 күн бұрын
BBC Reality Check has examined the claim that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile when he was director of public prosecutions (DPP) and has found no evidence that Sir Keir was involved at any point in the decision not to charge Savile. Your comment says all we need to know about you
Build new prisons. Now!
@suzanneportch113
20 күн бұрын
Is that the answer? They've just finished HMP Wellingborough...but we still have a problem. Better to stop importing criminals.
And what is labour going to. F all .
@MurphyOCP-001
19 күн бұрын
Far more than the Tories ever have
foreign prisoners, which are likely increasing in numbers yr on yr. should be sent to Rwanda and have passports removed..
Honestly this country is a joke
Vote Labour Resign rishi
They'll be in the army soon enough, straight to Ukraine
Get more migrants 😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Build more prisons.
Send our tax to Ukraine n Israel
Spending Taxpayers Cash 💲 on American Geopolitical Imperialistic WARS is More Profitable for the 1% than internal Domestic Problems at Taxpayers Expense !! 🤔 🇷🇺 💲 🇨🇳
Probation services are useless
...But they always find more money for Ukraine.
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