'Prisons in England and Wales are nearly full, the Ministry of Justice has said, partly due to the "significant rise" in people sent to jail over last summer's riots.' (Huffington Post)
Now. Let me see if there might be a solution. Perhaps we could tip some people out of prison who have served nearly a third of their sentence; perhaps we could release a few more dangerous people who are a proven threat to the public good; maybe we should stop sending very many wicked people into prisons in the first place.
Oh sorry. I thought that this was original but apparently the coalition cabinet (aided by Kenny Clarke, of course) were right there ahead of me!
