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dick_turpinI wet myself with laughter last night when I saw this on the news. (It's not funny, really.) It's typical incompetent <a href="https://castlecannon.house/search?tag=Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> and their smoke-and-mirrors antics.<br><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/dozens-let-out-of-prison-under-emergency-release-scheme-were-freed-by-mistake-13221988" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">news.sky.com/story/dozens-let-…</a><br><a href="https://castlecannon.house/search?tag=politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://castlecannon.house/search?tag=PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Probation and police services brace for ‘ticking time bomb’ as 1,700 prisoners | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prison-early-release-probation-police-b2610310.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home</span><span class="invisible">-news/prison-early-release-probation-police-b2610310.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/EarlyRelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyRelease</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Prisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prisoners</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Probation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Probation</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Mahmood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mahmood</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Overcrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overcrowding</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Taylor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taylor</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NAPO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NAPO</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PoliceSuperintendentsAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceSuperintendentsAssociation</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Prison population hits record high as unions slam half-baked and unworkable idea to send convicts to Estonia | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prisons-crisis-overcrowding-labour-estonia-b2608340.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home</span><span class="invisible">-news/prisons-crisis-overcrowding-labour-estonia-b2608340.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prison</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Overcrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overcrowding</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Estonia for prison overcrowding is a thin end of the Starmer wedge<br> <a href="https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/09/06/prisons-estonia/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/trending/2024/09/</span><span class="invisible">06/prisons-estonia/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prisons</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Overcrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overcrowding</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a> emergency measures come into force</p><p>Ministers activate <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OperationEarlyDawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationEarlyDawn</span></a>, allowing defendants to be held in police cells as more sentenced over <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/riots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riots</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/19/england-prison-overcrowding-emergency-measures-come-into-force" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/aug/19/england-prison-overcrowding-emergency-measures-come-into-force</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryLegacy</span></a></p>
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦<p>This is all a bit of a mess.</p><p>And at this stage, the blame for this mess lies squarely at the door of the previous Tory government.</p><p>I hope Starmer's government tackles the root cause: that we're locking up too many people.</p><p>One thing they could do would be to decriminalise drugs. 17% of the prison population are there for drug offences, so that would make a huge difference.</p><p>But I bet they won't.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prisons</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/19/england-prison-overcrowding-emergency-measures-come-into-force" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/aug/19/england-prison-overcrowding-emergency-measures-come-into-force</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>'<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crisis</span></a> measures to tackle <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a> imminent, says union</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/POA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POA</span></a> chair says ministers could declare as soon as Monday that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OperationEarlyDawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationEarlyDawn</span></a> is coming into force'<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/18/prison-overcrowding-emergency-measures-imminent-union" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/aug/18/prison-overcrowding-emergency-measures-imminent-union</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryLegacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryLegacy</span></a></p>
News from Italy<p>To overcome <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prisonovercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prisonovercrowding</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> is considering 'House arrest for short residual sentences' - Ansa.it -...One hopes the cost is being considered too.<br><a href="https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2024/08/16/house-arrest-considered-for-short-residual-sentences_091df004-cd29-4218-bc30-2040bfb31107.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ansa.it/english/news/2024/08/1</span><span class="invisible">6/house-arrest-considered-for-short-residual-sentences_091df004-cd29-4218-bc30-2040bfb31107.html</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>Government triggers <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CrisisMeasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrisisMeasure</span></a> to ease <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a></p><p>Exclusive: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OperationSafeguard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OperationSafeguard</span></a> confirmed by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MinistryOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinistryOfJustice</span></a> after damning report on conditions in one of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>’s biggest <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/jails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jails</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/09/government-crisis-measure-prison-overcrowding" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/09/government-crisis-measure-prison-overcrowding</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UnderfundingPublicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnderfundingPublicServices</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/JusticeSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeSystem</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Criminals to be released from prison up to 35 days early as emergency measure to tackle overcrowding expands | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prisons-early-release-overcrowding-latest-b2509600.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home</span><span class="invisible">-news/prisons-early-release-overcrowding-latest-b2509600.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/EarlyRelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EarlyRelease</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Prisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prisoners</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prisons</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Overcrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overcrowding</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Jail sentences to end for thousands of abusive men under plans to tackle prison overcrowding | The Independent<br> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/prison-short-sentences-violence-women-girls-b2432728.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/uk/home</span><span class="invisible">-news/prison-short-sentences-violence-women-girls-b2432728.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prisons</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/OvercrowdedPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OvercrowdedPrisons</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/PrisonOvercrowding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonOvercrowding</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/AbusiveMen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbusiveMen</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WomensSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensSafety</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Sunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sunak</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GeorgiaHarrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgiaHarrison</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Refuge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Refuge</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ViolenceAgainstWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ViolenceAgainstWomen</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DomesticAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticAbuse</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Proudman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proudman</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/CentreForWomensJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentreForWomensJustice</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/MoncktonSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoncktonSmith</span></a></p>