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Trayon White could face up to 15 years in prison for allegedly accepting $156,000 to aid private companies

A Milwaukee woman who argued that she was legally allowed to a kill a man because he was sexually trafficking her has been sentenced to 11 years in prison

In Merseyside – where riots first erupted – there were rumoured to be just two spaces left in the prison system at the weekend

The emergency measure was previously triggered by the Conservative government in May in a bid to tackle overcrowding in jails

The former premier is serving a 14-year jail sentence after being convicted of corruption and leaking state secrets

The emergency measures announced today to ease the prison overcrowding crisis — which will result in suspects being held in police cells across northern England instead of prison — are a direct result of the far-Right riots first triggered by disinformation spread online about the hideous killings of three girls…

The move to jail swiftly those who took part in riots this month played a vital part in ending the violence. Yet it also had the unavoidable effect of adding further strain to this country’s overcrowded prisons and under-pressure criminal justice system.

Ministers have activated emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding in the north of England as more rioters are sentenced for their role in the recent unrest

PM meets police officers and members of communities targeted

The Government has triggered an emergency plan to avoid prison overcrowding as rioters are sentenced

Ministers activate Operation Early Dawn, so defendants can be held in police cells as more are sentenced over riots