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Wayne Hoyle retweeted
The prison population has risen again. Today it stood at 87,245 – up 134 from the mark recorded last week.
This is the 11th time in a row that the weekly figures have shown an increase in the population.
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ALT The exercise yard for Ceiriog house block, Berwyn, a category C adult male prison. Photo by Andy Aitchison.
Wayne Hoyle retweeted
Tolerating prison overcrowding means tolerating more crime, and more victims of crime. Watch as our Chief Executive tells Sky News that the government's decision to release fewer people early will make it harder to solve the prison capacity crisis.
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Wayne Hoyle retweeted
Regrettably the government has yet to come up with a plan to address overcrowding.
This is the inevitable result of decades of buck-passing as successive governments have made prison sentences longer and longer without any thought for the consequences.
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Wayne Hoyle retweeted
“It will cost billions and it won’t work”: Howard League responds to government plan to speed up prison building.
Read our full response here:
howardleague.org/news/it-wil…
ALT “The search for extra prison spaces has become so desperate that it involves looking high and low for office space, laundry rooms and storage areas – any nook or cranny. “This is a chaotic way to run a country, but it is the inevitable result of decades of buck-passing as successive governments have made prison sentences longer and longer without any thought for the consequences.”
Wayne Hoyle retweeted
Here are the top 10 most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales in May.
The prison estate should not hold more than 81,865 people, the population currently exceeds this level by 4,071.
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ALT Most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales 1. Leeds - 162% 2. Wandsworth - 160% 3. Preston - 155% 4. Durham - 153% 5. Exeter - 149% 6. Leicester - 145% 7. Swansea - 140% 8. Bedford - 140% 9. Doncaster - 139% 10. Forest Bank - 138%
Wayne Hoyle retweeted
Kinder Scout has been designated one of 19 such ‘holy mountains’ around the world... this is the sort of thing Sheffield seems unusually good at producing: part archaeology lecture, part pub conversation, part cosmic prank.
✍️ Wayne Hoyle
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Wayne Hoyle retweeted
"You either lean into it – bleak, grimy, industrial surroundings – or you go, fuck that, give me some glamour"
@DanielDylanWray's new book is a love letter to Sheffield's music scene, and the oddballs & one-offs charting their own course.
✍️ @Wayne_Hoyle
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Wayne Hoyle retweeted
Why is @MoJGovUK banning much-praised rehabilitation courses in prisons? Read our Ray Says commentary insidetime.org/ray-says/the-…
Ive read many comments including today’s JimBrownBlog with a piece from @InsideTimeUK sadly reflects Labours shift away from Rehabilitation with little transparency, accountability or oversight of those Departments responsible for prisoners care and their futures. Please do read
Wayne Hoyle retweeted
“In this time of court delays, overuse of remand and miserable prison conditions, it seems petty and vindictive to order the removal of artwork that might offer a source of hope in court custody suites.”
We spoke to the Guardian: theguardian.com/law/2026/feb…
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.@realDonaldTrump your Melania movie has bombed
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#newsround: MPs launch inquiry into state of YOIs insidetime.org/newsround/mps…
Wayne Hoyle retweeted
This is a bedsit for young people transitioning out of care at 18. What you can’t see—or hear—is the pounding music from other rooms, the adults drinking and taking drugs, the constant stream of strangers drifting in and out.
Fear doesn’t even begin to cover it.
I was 16 when I left care, and this was my reality too. Twenty-eight years on, nothing has changed. The same chaos. The same danger. The same silence from the people who are meant to protect these young lives.
And now even more young people are taking their own lives because the system still refuses to support them. The government could change this overnight. They just choose not to. @SkyNews
@NickMartinSKY @LBC @educationgovuk
Wayne Hoyle retweeted
The perpetuation of the imprisonment of people on IPP sentences remains an enduring stain on our justice system.
It was abolished in December 2012 because it was accepted by all that the sentence was wrong in principle.
Yet we continue to inflict this punishment on about 950 people who have never been released; there is no justice in continuing to treat them differently to any who committed similar offences before April 2005 or were sentenced after December 2012.
Read our latest briefing, focused specifically on an amendment relating to IPP sentences, as the Sentencing Bill reaches its Committee Stage in the House of Lords.
howardleague.org/briefing-on…
📸 Andy Aitchison
ALT View down a prison corridor, with white walls and grey cell doors on both sides.
Wayne Hoyle retweeted
Probation “weak” and short of 3,150 staff russellwebster.com/?p=57526
Wayne Hoyle retweeted
This is a horrifying scandal and there should be an urgent inquiry established.
More than 2,000 trafficked children have gone missing from the care system
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"The upcoming tour isn't a revival, it's a reminder... our spirit has always been about challenging complacency and listening differently"
We spoke to the Cabs' Chris Watson ahead of their much-awaited live return for #Sensoria 🎚️
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