#prison-crisis

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UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Inmates to be jailed in police cells as prisons near capacity

Emergency measures, including housing prisoners in police cells, are in response to severe overcrowding in UK jails.
Operation Safeguard, activated by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, highlights the crisis in the UK's prison system and the financial burden on the government.
fromNew York Post
2 months ago

Gov. Hochul's unguarded prisons and more: Letters to the Editor - March 16, 2025

It's not exactly a sought-after job, and their concerns over working conditions were reasonable. Instead of giving them what they asked for and keeping them on the job, now what?
NYC politics
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