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: Current AwarenessSend fewer to jail, Straw urges courts - The Guardian
By traceydennis
“Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, last night made an urgent appeal to magistrates to send fewer people to jail as the prison population in England and Wales soared past 82,000 to an all-time high.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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