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Monday, June 9, 2003 Politicians 'caused prison crowding' Rising prison numbers have been caused by political interference into sentencing, the country's top judge has claimed. Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf blamed the record number of inmates on political initiatives and a distrust of judges imposing jail terms. BBC Trust us on sentencing, says Judge 8:35:29 AM    comment [] Staff shortages making prison crisis even worse One third of prisons in England and Wales are suffering a staffing crisis, aggravating their problems in dealing with soaring numbers of inmates. Independent 8:27:31 AM    comment [] © Copyright 2003 Nick Page.

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