{"id":241737,"date":"2025-05-07T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britains-prison-crisis-less-prisoners-or-more-prisons\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:00:10","slug":"britains-prison-crisis-less-prisoners-or-more-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/britains-prison-crisis-less-prisoners-or-more-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s prison crisis: less prisoners or more prisons?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4WMXqISShzI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Britain\u2019s prison crisis: less prisoners or more prisons?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4WMXqISShzI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The much anticipated review of prison sentences by former Justice Minister David Gauke is due later this month. It&#8217;s expected to recommend moving away from short prison sentences to more sentences served in the community. While it may help ease pressure in overcrowded prisons, much of that pressure will then move to an already straining probation service. <\/p>\n<p>Our Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long has been to Newcastle to meet offenders given the chance to stay out of jail and those responsible for helping them stay out. <\/p>\n<p>(Subscribe: https:\/\/bit.ly\/C4_News_Subscribe) <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;  <\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The much anticipated review of prison sentences by former Justice Minister David Gauke is due later this month. It&#8217;s expected to recommend moving away from short prison sentences to more sentences served in the community. 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