The UK has just issued emergency measures this morning that will result in the release of criminals on the streets to create more space in prisons for “anti-immigration protesters”, like the one recently sentenced to four years for posting memes and snarky tweets.
Here’s more from the BBC:
The government has activated emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding as more rioters are being sentenced for their role in recent unrest.
Across the north of England and parts of the midlands, defendants waiting for a court appearance will be kept in police cells until prison space is available.
The system, known as Operation Early Dawn, was activated on Monday morning. It was previously used by the Conservative government in May.
Prisons Minister Lord Timpson has said the emergency measures will help “manage the pressure felt in some parts of the country”.
But the vice president of the Prison Governors’ Association, Mark Icke, said he was “not sure” how much the measures will help as the prison system has been “lurching from crisis to crisis for some time”.
The government said its action to “tackle violent thuggery on our streets” has “exacerbated long-standing capacity issues in our prisons”.
Yeah, ‘violent thuggery’ like the humorous and snarky posts that landed Wayne O’Rourke (@WayneGB88) in prison for four years.
It continues…
More than 1,000 people have been arrested in connection with violent disorder following riots in England and Northern Ireland earlier this month, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC).
The current capacity of the prison system in England and Wales is 89,191 prisoners. As of Friday, the prison population was 87,893.
The temporary move is expected to result in 5,500 offenders being released in September and October. It does not apply to those convicted of sex offences, terrorism, domestic abuse or some violent offences.
Elon Musk said this morning that the “UK is turning into a police state.” He’s not wrong and this is a problem of the UK’s own making. They’ve been allowing Muslim migrants in the country from Africa for well over a decade and now terrorism and crime are through the roof. Their chickens are coming home to roost.