UK Moves to Ease Prison Overcrowding Exacerbated by Riots
- People to be held in police cells until prison space available
- More than 1,000 arrested over nationwide far-right disorder
Police arrest protesters in Bristol, UK.
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Keir Starmer’s UK government approved emergency measures to prevent prison overcrowding in northern England, as the stretched penal system begins accepting hundreds of people prosecuted over recent riots.
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