
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.

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.