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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Lammy urged to end ‘scandal’ of people imprisoned for own protection

David Lammy has been urged to end the “scandal” of people imprisoned for their own protection while they await trial – just days after Britain’s overcrowded jails were blamed for prisoners being wrongfully released.

Sir Keir Starmer hit out at the strain on the system, which he said had been caused by the last Tory government, as he denounced the wrongful releases as “intolerable”.

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