Justice Unveils Blueprint to Cut Remand Population
A legal thinktank, Justice, has introduced a plan to reduce the number of people jailed before their trial, citing that too many are being unnecessarily imprisoned.
The blueprint includes the use of flow charts to guide magistrates' decisions and increased support for legal advisers to address the issue.
- 11,629 people on remand are awaiting trial, making up a fifth of the prison population.
- The remand population has been rising, with Justice previously finding that magistrates were not regularly following the law when jailing people awaiting trial.
Two years ago, Justice published a report that found magistrates were not regularly following the law when jailing people awaiting trial.
Author's summary: Justice introduces a plan to reduce unnecessary pre-trial imprisonment.
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