The Latest Breaking News from Operation Early Dawn

Operation Early Dawn: Emergency prison measures could see suspects detained unlawfully, experts warn

Solicitors ‘already alert to this risk’ as Police Federation says all officers ‘should act within the law’

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2024

As an ex-prison officer, I know how to make space: let out drug offenders and low-level gang members

Labour’s Operation Early Dawn will address overcrowding, but the problems that cause it need equal attention, says former prison officer Alex South

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2024

Riots push overcrowded prisons to breaking point triggering ‘one in, one out’ measures

In Merseyside – where riots first erupted – there were rumoured to be just two spaces left in the prison system at the weekend

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2024

Emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding activated as more rioters are sentenced

Operation Early Dawn to help manage short-term prison capacity pressure as justice system in ‘crisis’

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2024

Crisis measures to tackle English prison overcrowding imminent, says union

POA chair says ministers could declare as soon as Monday that Operation Early Dawn is coming into force

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2024

OPINION - Rishi Sunak wants to be tough on crime, but there's a catch: prisons are full

A new dawn has broken, has it not? Operation Early Dawn, that is. This is the emergency measure the government has activated which means suspected criminals could be set free on bail instead of heading to jail, due to a lack of prison places.

Evening Standard · May 15, 2024

Court delays imposed in emergency measure due to prison places crisis

Court hearings are set to be delayed and detained suspects could be set free as Operation Early Dawn triggered

Evening Standard · May 15, 2024