March 30, 2007 Number of Prisoner Reaches New Peak
The number of prisoners held in England and Wales has just
reached a new peak today. There are now 80,303 prisoners in jails in England and
Wales. according to new figures released by the
prison service. As the Prison
Reform Trust points out, this peak has been reached ust two months after Home
Secretary John Reid reguested judges to send only the most serious offenders to
jail.
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