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'Tough on crime' drive behind prison capacity crisis, says sentencing review report

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Independent Sentencing Review said there's been a "knee jerk" and "unstrategic" reaction towards longer jail terms.

England and Wales have one of the highest prison population rates in Western Europe .

Recalling offenders on licence back to jail was said to be a key reason, with numbers rising from under 100 in 1993 to nearly 13,000 in December 2024 .

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