Top Judge attacks sentencing laws (November 16, 2007)
Prison overcrowding is at a critical level because of the government's sentencing policy, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales has said.
Speaking at a Howard League for Penal Reform event, Lord Phillips said UK jails were "full to capacity", adding: "We simply cannot go on like this."
He said legislation forcing judges to give longer terms had worsened things.
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