British Prison Over Capacity Of Anti-Muslim Riots, Suspect Moves To Police Station Cell

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JAKARTA - Britain will use emergency measures to detain suspects of rioting against Muslim antimigrants in police station cells for overcapacity in prison.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government said the arrest of more than 1,100 suspects for racist violence aimed at migrants and Muslims had exacerbated the prison capacity crisis.

Konidi forced the government to allow early release of prisoners.

This new provisional action means that the suspect will be summoned to court only if it is confirmed that the cells are available in one of the more than 100 prisons across the country. Until then they will be detained at the police station.

"We inherited the justice system in crisis and shock," said prison affairs minister James Tencypson.

"As a result, we were forced to make difficult decisions but it was necessary to keep the process going," he added.

Penjara yang pengekapan menghadirkan krisis awal bagi Starmer, yang mulai menjabat bulan lalu, sehingga pemerintahnya memiliki pilihan yang tidak senangkan dan mahal.

Britain is the country with the highest detention rate in Western Europe and the number of prisoners has increased sharply since this pandemic occurred, due to longer sentences, court delays, and requirements for serious offenders to serve at least 65 percent of their sentence behind bars.

Under a plan announced by Starmer last month, most prisoners would be eligible to be released after serving 40 percent of their sentences behind bars, down from 50 percent previously.

The measures taken this Monday are expected to address the lack of prison capacity in northern England, the areas affected by the recent riots, following misinformation that the suspect in the murder of three girls was an Islamist migrant.