UK Prison population at all-time high

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UK Prison population at all-time high

September 23rd, 2011

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Wesley Johnson
The Independent
September 23, 2011

The prison population in England and Wales reached an all-time high for the third week running today, figures showed.

The total number of prisoners hit 87,214, 94 higher than last week’s record high of 87,120 and about 1,600 short of the usable operational capacity of 88,818, Ministry of Justice figures showed. The rising prison population has been fuelled by tough sentences for those involved in last month’s riots, along with two thirds of defendants being held on remand, compared with just one in 10 for serious offences last year.

As well as the increase in the proportion of defendants being held on remand over the riots, sentences for those involved in the violence and looting were tougher too, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures show.

Those involved in the riots have been jailed for an average of 10.4 months for violent disorder, compared with an average of 5.3 months last year. For burglary, the average for those involved in the riots was 14.1 months, compared with 8.8 months last year.

But no prison places are currently activated under Operation Safeguard, which would involve using cells at police stations as accommodation for prisoners, the MoJ said. Other contingency plans could involve bringing on new accommodation early, using extra places in the public and private estate, or reopening mothballed accommodation.