In england and wales. That policy sees the proportion of sentences which some inmates must serve behind bars temporarily cut from 50 to A0 . But latest government figures suggest more than a quarter of prisoners will go on to reoffend within a year of being released. The problem is there are no guarantees that anybody who is released early will not reoffend, because weve got to do ourjob in our prisons of trying to rehabilitate people. We simply cannot do that if theyre used as Human Warehouses and were overcrowded. We must be given a chance to give people hope. The Ministry Ofjustice says it cannot comment on individual cases but insists that anyone who breaks their Licence Conditions upon release, or who commits further crimes, will be punished, and the government says without the early release scheme, police would not be able to make arrests and the courts would not be able to hold trials. The Prison Population in england and wales has dropped by more than 2,000 in a week following
Countries in the region including the Czech Republic where 38 locations have declared the highest flood alert. Authorities there say the worst Rainfall And Flood risk should be experienced in the coming 2a to 48 hours. Poland, too, has also experienced heavy rain. Our correspondent in warsaw, Adam Easton, has the latest. Well, what this cyclone is doing, catherine, is causing extremely heavy rainfall which is leading to dangerously high river Levels Water levels in the rivers across the region. Many rivers have burst their banks, and thats causing flooding in many countries particularly, as you mentioned, in romania, where four people have been found dead in the east of the country by the River Danube delta. 5,000 homes have been damaged in the flooding and the romanian authorities have, as you said, set up Displacement Camps and are providing blankets and food for people who have been forced to evacuate their homes. In romania and in the Czech Republic, the floods have caused Tens Of
Hearing on reopening schools during the pandemic. Tennessees Education Department commissioner and the Dallas School superintendent testified about plans in their jurisdictions. Well also hear from a pediatric Infectious Disease specialist and the president of the national parentteacher association. The subcommittee on Early Childhood secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is presentm and i note for the subcommittee that mr. Courtney of connecticut, mrs. Bonamici of oregon, mr. Nor quist of new jersey and ms. Wild of pennsylvania, mrs. Mcbath of evm georgia, miss underwood of illinois, mr. Levin of michigan, ms. Stevens of michigan, mr. D leah panhattia, mr. Wahlberg of michigan, mrs. Stefanik of new york, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Johns of south dakota and dr. Murphy of South Carolina are re permitted to participate in todays hearing with the ry and understanding that their questions will sbcommi come onl all members of Early Childhood elementa
The subcommittee on Early Childhood elementary and secondary education will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I know that a quorum is present, and i note for the subcommittee ms. Mcbath of georgia, mr. Underwood of illinois, ms. Lee of nevada, ms. Trahan of massachusetts, mr. Walberg of michigan. Mr. Johnson of south dakota and up to murphy, North Carolina. The understanding the questions will come omafter all members of the Early Childhood, elementary and secondary education subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are present have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. The committee is meeting today for a hearing to hear testimony on underfunded and unprepared examining how to overcome obstacles to safely reopen Public Schools. As this is a hybrid hearing with members participating both here in the hearing room and remotely i ask all microphones for participants remotely be kept muted to eliminate background noise. Members will be responsible for unmuting themselves when th
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