Prisons in England and Wales will be at ‘breaking point’ in July, governors told
by Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6NN36)
Exclusive: heads of prisons say they will no longer be able to accept new inmates very soon' after 4 July election
Prison governors have been warned that jails will be so overcrowded by the second week of July that they will struggle to accept any more inmates, plunging an incoming government into an immediate crisis.
The heads of jails in England and Wales were informed by HM Prison and Probation Service officials earlier this month that data pointed to an operational capacity breaking point" only days after the 4 July general election.
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