We spoke to Conservative MP and chair of the Justice Select Committee, Sir Bob Neill.
Prisons in England are now so full that people newly charged by the police are having their court appearances delayed because there might not be a cell available if they’re sent to jail awaiting trial.
The Ministry of Justice says it’s tackling the situation with a scheme known as Operation Early Dawn, which began on Wednesday.Ciaran Jenkins: This emergency measure was triggered late Tuesday, which meant that early Wednesday morning, magistrate hearings all over England could just be cancelled with virtually no notice because of a lack of prison places. Does that sound to you like a government that’s got this under control?It speaks of a real pressure in our prisons. I think it was necessary to do, actually, because we are in such a bad situation.
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