Hansard

Prisons: Overcrowding

Volume 699: debated on Monday 18 February 2008

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Lord Steinberg

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What effect the level of overcrowding in prisons is having on the length of prison sentences passed in court. [HL1817]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice
(Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

There is no information available to suggest a direct correlation between prison overcrowding and the length of prison sentences passed in court.