Prison population highest ever

The prison population in England and Wales has reached its highest figure ever.

by The Friend Newsdesk 23rd September 2011

There were 87,120 people in detention on 16 September, of whom 95.1 per cent were male. The number is less than 2,000 places short of the ‘usable operational capacity’ of the prison system. The previous week’s figure had already broken records.