Justice system at breaking point, From Today Thousands Of Prisoners in england and wales will be released after serving 40 of their sentence rather than 50 . It 4096 of their sentence rather than 5096 than 50 . It was the only 0 tion than 50 . It was the only option on than 50 . It was the only option on the than 50 . It was the only option on the table than 50 . It was the only option on the Table And L than 50 . It was the only option on the table and thats because the alternative to not making this change would have been to allow the Prison System to collapse and therefore to allow the Law And Order in this country to collapse. But these Emergency Measures are controversial with big concerns from some Prison Staff and campaigners about Public Safety and an increase in reoffending. They have nowhere to live, they fall back they have nowhere to live, they fall back into drug taking, they fall back into drug taking, they have Mental Health difficulties already. If they are not difficul
Relax, dont Do It. And relax well be joined by Frankie Goes To Hollywood frontman hollyjohnson, as an exhibition about his life opens in liverpool. And it is turning colderfor All Of Us in the next 24 hour is, but to get there we will get some rain across the country today, and some strong winds as well. Ill have the details here on breakfast. Good morning. Its tuesday the 10th september. Our main story the release of more than 1,700 prisoners has begun across england and wales, as part of an Emergency Bid to Ease Overcrowding in jails. Over the coming hours, some offenders whove served at least 40 of their sentences will be released. The government says, over the coming months, it will free up 5,500 more Prison Spaces. 0ur Reporter Adina Campbell has more. One of the most dangerous and crowded jails in the uk. This was Pentonville Prison in North London last week. The bbc was given rare access, and within minutes, disorder was rife. In an attempt to fix a criminal Justice System at br
bands of rain in across the uk from the south west so we are looking at a wet spell of weather. we have outbreaks of rain arriving from the south west and the breeze is picking up south west and the breeze is picking up and very mild, as well. temperatures by the end of the night 16 in plymouth, about eight in scotland with a few mist and fog patches. tomorrow, a windy day, with rain at times across parts of england and wales and northern ireland and probably north east england and scotland should probably stay mainly dry but quite a bit of cloud and a few sunny spells. temperatures a bit below average over the north but very mild for england and wales with temperatures about 15 19 c. into thursday, a more potent weather front bring a band of fairly heavy rain northwards and eastwards across the country and the rain will tend to ease in the day later and we have some sunshine coming through late on but also some showers following that. temperatures still mild, starting to ris