Whatever happens to the early release scheme, Andy Burnham needs to consider the possibility that sentences are just too high Prisons in England and Wales are full because sentences have increased, and everybody knows this. Lord chief justices know this – four of them said it outright in a report for the Howard League two years ago – ministers know it, and anyone who can count knows it.
Whatever happens to the early release scheme, Andy Burnham needs to consider the possibility that sentences are just too high Prisons in England and Wales are full because sentences have increased, and...
Lord chief justices know this – four of them said it outright in a report for the Howard League two years ago – ministers know it, and anyone who can count knows it.
The prison population in England and Wales was 40,000 in 1991, 88,000 in 2024 and is estimated to hit 105,000 by 2028.
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Whatever happens to the early release scheme, Andy Burnham needs to consider the possibility that sentences are just too high Prisons in England and Wales are full because sentences have increased, and everybody knows this. Lord chief justices know this – four of them said it outright in a report for the Howard League two years ago – ministers know it, and anyone who can count knows it. The prison population in England and Wales was 40,000 in 1991, 88,000 in 2024 and is estimated to hit 105,000 by 2028.
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