{"id":367313,"date":"2026-08-04T22:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-prisons-are-full-how-do-other-countries-deal-with-overcrowing-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T22:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:00:23","slug":"uk-prisons-are-full-how-do-other-countries-deal-with-overcrowing-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uk-prisons-are-full-how-do-other-countries-deal-with-overcrowing-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UK prisons are full. How do other countries deal with overcrowing? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/KDUaDFfMJ58\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"UK prisons are full. How do other countries deal with overcrowing? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KDUaDFfMJ58\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The UK&#8217;s prison population today is about 86,500 and there are about 2,400 spare places. Overcrowding has caused chaos across prisons and the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Andy Burnham has now changed the incoming early release scheme for some prisoners in England and Wales, to exclude rapists and some other offenders. <\/p>\n<p>So &#8211; what other solutions are there to the increasing pressure facing the system? And can the UK look for ideas from abroad?<\/p>\n<p>00:32 &#8211; Why are prisons so overcrowded?<br \/>\n02:42: The situation in Europe<br \/>\n04:20 &#8211; The situation in the Netherlands<br \/>\n06:01 &#8211; The situation in Latin America<br \/>\n08:01 &#8211; The situation in El Salvador<br \/>\n11:54 &#8211; The situation in the United States<br \/>\n14:06 &#8211; The situation in Asia<br \/>\n16:19 &#8211; The situation in Africa<br \/>\n17:50 &#8211; What can we learn from other countries?<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK&#8217;s prison population today is about 86,500 and there are about 2,400 spare places. Overcrowding has caused chaos across prisons and the courts. 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