Offenders who ve served 40% of their prison terms will be eligible for early release. It s necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. There are fewer than 500 spaces left in men s prisons in england and wales, a crisis made worse by the convictions of hundreds of people involved in riots last month. Our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha was given full and rare access to hmp pentonville in london and this is what she found. Siren blares. Chaos in hmp pentonville. Shouting. We re the only broadcast journalists given access. . . It s a code red. . . To one of britain s most dangerous jails since the current crisis. 0k, come on, folks. And some prison officers are so frightened of being targeted on the outside that we ve had to blur theirfaces. Hmp pentonville! staff are overstretched. . . Another alarm here. . . And on the verge of breaking point. You worry about, you know, opening the door in the morning and making sure that they re alive. Anything could
Caribbean leaders navigate rampant gang violence that threatens to overtake haiti. In a meeting with the new prime minister, secretary blinken announced m5 million worth of new monetary and aid. Haitian authorities have expanded state of emergency order right across the entire country, the military situation that is rapidly deteriorating since the former prime minister resigned backin former prime minister resigned back in march. Eight agencies reported that nearly 580,000 people have been internally displaced by conflict with close to 5 million people facing severe hunger. About 400 canyon trips around the country injune canyon trips around the country in june as canyon trips around the country injune as part of the un backed security mission and before he left for neighbouring the mnuchin republic, mr blinken reaffirmed the united states commitment to supporting haitian people and fostering a secure and peaceful country. We have seen secure and peaceful country. Have seen the presi
Until 2026. Todays other stories, the ugandan Marathon Runner Rebecca cheptegei has died four days after being set on fire in an alleged attack by herformer boyfriend. Her former boyfriend. Palestinian health officials say at least five people have been killed in an israeli Drone Strike in a car on the occupied West Bank. Welcome back here to our position at Grenfell Tower, that familiar green height and the Words Grenfell forever in our hearts. A familiar site for so many people who have followed the tragedy of this fire when it happened in 2017, june 2017, and the story of the survivors, the relatives of those who died as a result of the fire. They followed that story, as well as those. Story, as well as they the fire. They followed that story, as well as they are still waiting for justice, story, as well as they are still Waiting Forjustice, and that follows the report after the second part of the inquiry into the tragedy revealed yesterday setting out a catalogue of failures. The s