The justice minister, James Timpson, announced preparations to handle a potential influx of offenders if civil unrest occurs, echoing the riots from last summer. Hundreds of makeshift cells and refurbished accommodations will be operational by the year's end, with strict avoidance of early release measures. The Ministry of Justice is preemptively acting to ensure prison capacity is sufficient considering last August's civil disturbances, which drew over 1,280 arrests due to misinformation about a crime involving three girls. Current preparations are not prompted by new riot threats, but by lessons from recent events.
Ministers have made it clear that there will be no more emergency measures such as early release schemes, which were used last summer during the riots.
The preparations for a possible influx of offenders include hundreds of makeshift secure rooms and the refurbishment of 350 disused prison cells.
Collection
[
|
...
]