Philippines’ push for Asean-wide prisoner transfer treaty: will it spur reforms?
While such an agreement may help in the rehabilitation process, problems of overcrowding and other chronic issues still ...
Delhi to get over 1,000 electric buses this month
According to the economic survey of 2023, an average of 4.1 million passengers commuted daily on public buses in Delhi ...
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The rise of the recreation economy
In the months before the Navajo Generating Station closed, many observers prognosticated economic doom for nearby Page, Arizona, population 7,500 or so. The plant employed 463 full-time, high-wage ...
Why do you sell more tickets than seats’: Delhi HC slams Railways
The bench questioned the Railways for neglecting legal provisions that mandate the fixing of number of passengers per ...
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The truth about Britain’s overcrowded prisons
Former justice secretary David Gauke’s Independent Sentencing Review (ISR), running since October, was not due to report until the spring. However, following the latest published prison population ...
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Scotland begins early release of nearly 400 convicts in effort to relieve prison overcrowding
Hundreds of inmates are soon to be released from jail in Scotland as new legislation designed to relieve prison overcrowding comes into force. Nearly 400 prisoners will walk free over the next six ...
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Up to 390 prisoners set for early release TODAY in bid to tackle overcrowding crisis
The Scottish Government are set to release as many as 390 prisoners under their new early release scheme to tackle prison ...
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Overcrowded prisons caused by the government trying to look ‘tough on crime’.
The Government launched the sentencing review to consider options to hand offenders tougher punishments outside of prison as part of efforts to ease overcrowding in October last year. It comes ...
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Couple rented out ‘grossly overcrowded’ flat with 23 people living in it where tenant died in fire
A father-of-two died in the two-bed flat where 23 people were living (Picture: London Fire Brigade) A couple who rented out a ‘grossly overcrowded’ flat where a tenant died in a fire could ...
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‘Tough on crime’ policies blamed for prison overcrowding by Labour’s sentencing tsar
An over-reliance on a “tough on crime” approach is worsening the prison overcrowding crisis, Labour’s sentencing tsar has said. David Gauke, the former Tory justice secretary chairing Labour ...
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'Tough on crime' drive behind prison capacity crisis, says sentencing review report
Last September, the government controversially freed thousands of people early to ease overcrowding by temporarily cutting the proportion of a sentence served inside from 50% to 40%. Prime ...
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Tourism focus to shift from mere arrival numbers to maximising visitor spending
In parallel, the government plans to introduce a digital ticketing system to address the overcrowding issues and enhance the sector’s capacity. Further, Dissanayake noted that Bandaranaike ...