🧵 NEW: Why are prisons so full?

The number of prisoners in England and Wales is at 87,000, and may reach 115,000 by 2028.

Gov prison reforms aim to free up space by letting low-level offenders go. Here’s why that might not work…

The Times and The Sunday Times thetimes.co.uk/article/e724b5…

📢 As The Times and The Sunday Times launches its new Crime and Justice Commission, our Chief Executive Pavan Dhaliwal spoke to Tom Calver about the harmful effects of short sentences on prison overcrowding, and how tailored support and community sentences are key to breaking cycles of reoffending.

'...another factor is quietly driving the overcrowding. Since 2000, the typical prison sentence has doubled, from 11 months to 22 months', explains Tom Calver.

Read more on The Times and The Sunday Times: thetimes.co.uk/article/prison…
#LiftTheLidOnPrisons

Analysis of JLP polling on 🇬🇧UK attitudes on crime in The Times and The Sunday Times today by @tomhcalver ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/prison…

🗳️ Poll of polls weekly update

As you were. Labour's lead is 20 points.

🔴 Lab 44 (=)
🔵 Con 24 (=)
🟣 Reform 12 (-1)
🟠 Lib Dem 9 (=)
🟢 Green 6 (=)

The Times and The Sunday Times

thetimes.co.uk/article/uk-gen…

Less than 5 per cent of undergraduates at the Royal Academy of Music are from low socioeconomic backgrounds — and a decline in state-school music education is to blame.

New piece in the Sunday Times 👇🏻

thetimes.co.uk/article/6fe497…

🚨 New piece for the The Times and The Sunday Times looking into smart motorways and why victims and campaigners want hard shoulders to be permanently restored as deaths continue to rise 👇

thetimes.co.uk/article/557aea…

The Times leader on infected blood is a harrowing read all around, but this bit speaks of a seemingly uniquely British failing of government and political culture.

Promised Sarah Dorricott’s dad on his death bed that I would never give up fighting for justice. RIP Mike ❤️

SUNDAY TIMES: End this bloody disgrace #TomorrowsPapersToday

Thousands dead, 40 years of cover-up, no one has ever been held to account. It's time for justice for the infected blood victims. Delighted to announce The Sunday Times is campaigning for action. Now. #bloodydisgrace

🔗 thetimes.co.uk/article/infect…

THREAD: My friend Ade Goodyear nearly broke my heart when he told me how he was informed at school, age 15, that he had been infected with HIV.
His story is the centrepiece of my book “Death in the Blood” on the contaminated blood scandal thetimes.co.uk/article/the-in…

Thousands dead, 40 years of cover-up — time for justice for infected blood victims, says The Sunday Times: thetimes.co.uk/article/infect… #bloodydisgrace