It was "dead time." In the adult system, people awaiting trial get credit for "time served," with any months that they spend ...

Before fingerprinting was commonly used in law enforcement, prisons relied on the Bertillon system, a series of ...

We are concluding our discussion on phrases, clauses and sentences today. In the last two classes, we compared the three, underlining how a sentence is usually a combination of clauses and phrases. We ...

The effect of pore length on the water filling and emptying rates was studied using mesoporous silica (MPS) with same pore diameter but different pore lengths. The pore diameter of the synthesized MPS ...

We have to make sure we don't run out of prison places.” With decades of increases in prison sentence lengths largely blamed for fuelling the current overcrowding crisis, in addition to a ...

A cold-blooded, convicted rapist who took a depraved photo of his young female victim in a bid to hide his appalling crimes has failed to reduce the length of his prison sentence. In a written ...

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This increase is not necessarily due to a rise in crime, but rather an extension in sentence lengths. In 2005, the average custodial sentence was 13 months. By 2023, it had risen to 21 months ...

An overflowing prison capacity is exacerbated by the length of sentences, as the UK has some of the longest prison sentences in Europe, with this especially being seen in England and Wales.