Britain will release around 1,100 prisoners early next week due to overcrowding in prisons. TV channel reported this ITV.
They will be released on October 22, according to the Times newspaper.
6 September The Daily Telegraph newspaper wroteHe said that England was considering sending prisoners to Estonia due to lack of space in prisons. The article notes that this is beneficial for the UK treasury: in England and Wales, caring for a prisoner now costs £50,000 a year, while in the Baltic country this will spend from £10,000 to £20,000 a year. same thing. The construction of new prisons in Britain is also not cheap and, as stated in the material, is estimated at 600 thousand pounds per prisoner.
8 July reportedIt was stated that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to release 40 thousand prisoners due to overcrowding in prisons. They planned to release those imprisoned for crimes unrelated to sexual violence and terrorism.
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