▲ 46 ▼ England and Wales judges told not to jail criminals -including rapists- as prisons full (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments The original article isbehind a paywall (higher than 12ft): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/judges-told-not-to-jail-rapists-as-prisons-are-full-2tfgb2czs
[–] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sounds like the time for crime is now (: permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago* The prison population has grown since then – to more than 88,000 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prison-build-revolution-continues-with-construction-of-new-yorkshire-jail Prison-build revolution continues with construction of new Yorkshire jail Published 3 August 2022 Shovels to break ground on new prison this autumn Construction to boost local economy with hundreds of jobs Work signals latest major step toward 20,000 new prison places If you take too long to get caught, might wind up in one of those new cells, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago* The prison population has grown since then – to more than 88,000 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prison-build-revolution-continues-with-construction-of-new-yorkshire-jail Prison-build revolution continues with construction of new Yorkshire jail Published 3 August 2022 Shovels to break ground on new prison this autumn Construction to boost local economy with hundreds of jobs Work signals latest major step toward 20,000 new prison places If you take too long to get caught, might wind up in one of those new cells, though. permalink fedilink source parent