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Prison Governors’ Association says prisons in England and Wales are quite literally full.
It now takes nearly two years for a criminal case to go from offence to verdict.
Delays in the court system mean there is now the highest number of prisoners on remand for 50 years.
This month, the PGA warned: “As space runs out, any hope in reducing the court backlog will also dwindle away and the criminal justice system will no longer be able to operate.” So far, these warnings have not been met with the serious response they require. Whoever forms the next government will have to start listening. Samira Shackle is a journalist and regular contributor to the Guardian long read. She is the author of Karachi Vice.
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