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| UK jails full with record numbers |
| By The Times |
| Published: 02/08/2008 |
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UNITED KINGDOM - Dozens of prisoners were housed in court cells this week after space ran out in prisons and police stations. The jail population in England and Wales reached a record 81,681 yesterday. After a sudden increase in the number of short-sentence prisoners, the Prison Service declared the jail system “full” for the second time in eight months and turned to court cells to house the overflow. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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