Shabana Mahmood to set out emergency measures, which could include reducing the time before some prisoners are automatically released
Mark Fairhurst, chairman of the Prison Officers Association, has told the BBC it is more dangerous to use police cells when prisons run out of space than it is to release prisoners early.
PA Media reports he told BBC Breakfast:
What is more dangerous to the public is if we don’t act, so if we’re clogging up police cells they’re unable to arrest people because there’s nowhere for them to go. That’s more danger to the public. What we’re doing is releasing people early who are going to get released anyway at some point.
Continue reading…Shabana Mahmood to set out emergency measures, which could include reducing the time before some prisoners are automatically releasedMark Fairhurst, chairman of the Prison Officers Association, has told the BBC it is more dangerous to use police cells when prisons run out of space than it is to release prisoners early.PA Media reports he told BBC Breakfast:What is more dangerous to the public is if we don’t act, so if we’re clogging up police cells they’re unable to arrest people because there’s nowhere for them to go. That’s more danger to the public. What we’re doing is releasing people early who are going to get released anyway at some point. Continue reading…