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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford

Magistrates told to delay jailing criminals in a bid to ease pressure on overcrowded prisons

Magistrates have been asked to delay jailing some criminals for several weeks in a bid to ease pressure on Britain’s severely overcrowded prisons.

A “listing direction” has been issued to the managers of magistrates’ courts in England and Wales.

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