Justice Unveils Blueprint to Cut Remand Population
A legal thinktank, Justice, has introduced a plan to reduce the number of people jailed before their trial, citing that too many are being unnecessarily imprisoned.
Key elements of the blueprint include flow charts to guide magistrates' decisions and increased support for legal advisers. This initiative aims to address the issue of prison overcrowding.
- The remand population currently accounts for a fifth of the prison population.
- There are 11,629 people on remand awaiting trial out of a record 17,071.
Two years ago, Justice published a report finding that magistrates were not regularly following the law when jailing people awaiting trial, at a time when the remand population was rising sharply.
Author's summary: Justice proposes a blueprint to reduce unnecessary pre-trial jailings.
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