Article: City jail is too full, says trust ; Exeter Prison is in the top 10 for most overcrowded jails in England and Wales.

Article: Exeter prison overcrowded
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  February 23, 2008 ;     399 words ...Exeter continues to be one of the most overcrowded jails in the country. The news came as the prisons' crisis reached a new peak, with Justice Secretary Jack Straw being forced to ask ...

Article: Overcrowded jails named and shamed.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 20, 2005 ;     375 words ... ... prisons have been named and shamed as being among Britain's most overcrowded jails. Statistics compiled by the Howard League for Penal Reform and ... that more than half of prison suicides take place in the most overcrowded jails.

Article: Overcrowded jails 'close to danger point', says ...
The Scotsman;  April 24, 2008 ;     353 words ...DR ANDREW McLellan, the chief inspector of prisons, has questioned how long Scotland's overcrowded jails can remain safe, in a damning report published today. Dr McLellan made the first unannounced prison visit in November to Inverness ...

Transcript: Overcrowded Jails Follow Immigration Crackdown
NPR Tell Me More;  April 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ...MICHEL MARTIN NPR Tell Me More 04-15-2008 Overcrowded Jails Follow Immigration Crackdown Host: MICHEL MARTIN Time 9:00-10:00 AM Play Audio MICHEL MARTIN, host: I'm Michel Martin ...

Article: Effects of overcrowded jails are debated
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  July 20, 2005 ;     656 words ...KIBRET MARKOS, STAFF WRITER The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 07-20-2005 Effects of overcrowded jails are debated -- Experts divided on homicide, suicide rates By KIBRET MARKOS, STAFF WRITER Date: 07-20-2005, Wednesday Section ...

Article: Overcrowding Is Greatest Problem.(overcrowded jails ...
USA Today (Magazine);  August 1, 1999 ;     681 words ...Of the myriad problems plaguing law enforcement today, overcrowded jails and prisons are the worst, based on a survey of nearly 200 law enforcement personnel by EPIC Solutions, San Diego, Calif ...

Article: Los Angeles to expand overcrowded jails
Xinhua News Agency;  August 2, 2006 ;     458 words ...Los Angeles to expand overcrowded jails LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles, the U.S. second largest metropolis, is mapping out reforms to expand its ...