Sentence Adjournments, Sentencing Reforms & Prisoner Release - What we know so far
This week, the prison population rose to a record number of 88,225, a significant increase on the previous week and only around 500 places short of "operational capacity", which is the maximum number of prisoners that can be held.
Andrea Albutt, president of the Prison Governor's Association, said: "If the government further overcrowd our prisons, if they say to our members' you will put more people in your already overcrowded prison', we will take legal action."
Such comments make it unlikely that the government will try and force prison governors to take prisoners in excess of operational capacity.
The government had planned for an extra 20,000 prison places, but beset by planning law difficulties and other obstacles, so far, only around 5,500 of those places have been delivered.
This week, the prison population rose to a record number of 88,225, a significant increase on the previous week and only around 500 places short of "operational capacity", which is the maximum number of prisoners that can be held.
Andrea Albutt, president of the Prison Governor's Association, said: "If the government further overcrowd our prisons, if they say to our members' you will put more people in your already overcrowded prison', we will take legal action."
Such comments make it unlikely that the government will try and force prison governors to take prisoners in excess of operational capacity.
The government had planned for an extra 20,000 prison places, but beset by planning law difficulties and other obstacles, so far, only around 5,500 of those places have been delivered.
