Magistrates are remanding more people in custody

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Magistrates are remanding more people in custody

The researchers ask why custodial remand is so often ordered when conditional bail might be appropriate.

Date - 13th November 2023
By - Russell Webster - Work with Offenders

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A significant part of our prison capacity crisis is the growing remand population. The September 2023 remand population figure of 16,196 is 12% higher than in September 2022 and is the highest September figure in at least the last fifty years. The...

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