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Law and Order

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight
Demonstrators in Victoria square in Bolton
Ian Acheson

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight

Starmer is facing his first big crisis in government after a fortuitous if short three-week honeymoon since his landslide victory, says former prison governor and academic Ian Acheson
Call for overhaul of law that keeps the poor marginalised from justice
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Call for overhaul of law that keeps the poor marginalised from justice

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