Police cells will be used again to hold prisoners as jails are running at “close to critical capacity” of more than 99%, the Justice Secretary has said. The contingency plan called Operation Safeguard has been re-enacted as the number of prisoners in England and Wales reached a six-month high. The prison population stood at 87,556 […]

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