Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British government said on Tuesday.

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The UK’s prison overcrowding crisis has been fuelled by politicians‘ attempts to seem “tough on crime”, a major government review has found. The Independent Sentencing Review report is a ...

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The UK’s prison overcrowding crisis has been fuelled by politicians‘ attempts to seem “tough on crime”, a major government review has found. David Gauke, the former Conservative lord chancellor ...