Don’t go to jail : Only 841 places left in entire British penal system.

UK prisons have reached 99 percent capacity, sparking fears that offenders may have to be kept in police stations or be released into the community ahead of time.

The latest statistics from the Ministry of Justice show that there are currently 84,987 inmates, while the total “usable operational capacity” of the system is 85,828 - meaning that only 841 places remain in the whole of England. Usable operational capacity is measured as the total number of spaces minus 2,000, as not all places can be filled at all times because some inmates need to be kept in the prison category that matches their sentence and gender.

"Making sure there are enough spaces in our prisons for all those that need locking up is one of the basics of the job for any Justice Secretary,” said MP Sadiq Khan, Labour's shadow justice secretary.

"The public need confidence that when a judge sends someone down for a serious or violent crime, they can be locked away securely.”

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