Post by Red Rackham on Oct 11, 2023 21:49:55 GMT
Judges have been told not to send some convicted criminals to jail due to prisons nearing capacity, according to a report.
Lord Edis, the senior presiding judge in England and Wales, has ordered, during a meeting with senior judges, that sentencing of convicted criminals who are currently on bail be delayed from Monday, The Times reported. The newspaper said those spared being put behind bars could include those found guilty of burglary and rape.
The Times quoted an anonymous senior judge as saying that they had been “ordered/strongly encouraged” not to send to prison a defendant who appears before them on bail due to concerns that the prison system is at capacity.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/government-alex-chalk-england-wales-tom-tugendhat-b2428161.html
This is incredible, at a time when we have never had more foreign criminals in British prisons and the vast majority of burglaries go uninvestigated, judges are told not to jail burglars and rapists! Is it me?
Lord Edis, the senior presiding judge in England and Wales, has ordered, during a meeting with senior judges, that sentencing of convicted criminals who are currently on bail be delayed from Monday, The Times reported. The newspaper said those spared being put behind bars could include those found guilty of burglary and rape.
The Times quoted an anonymous senior judge as saying that they had been “ordered/strongly encouraged” not to send to prison a defendant who appears before them on bail due to concerns that the prison system is at capacity.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/government-alex-chalk-england-wales-tom-tugendhat-b2428161.html
This is incredible, at a time when we have never had more foreign criminals in British prisons and the vast majority of burglaries go uninvestigated, judges are told not to jail burglars and rapists! Is it me?
