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report. a rising number behind every door, inside, locked up, successive governments under pressure to look tough on crime. but behind these walls, prisons are overwhelmed and ineffective. a review chaired by the former lord chancellor looked into what's pushed the justice system to the brink of collapse. its report said the cost of a growing prison population has been catastrophic, diverting resources towards emergency measures to deal with record demand. it says short sentences in particular are not effective with high re—offending rates, almost 57%, for those who've been in prison less than a year. we've got to a stage where frankly there is no choice. we are going to have to be more imaginative about alternatives to custody. and i think more fundamentally, have a cultural reset so that this debate is not always driven about who is going to win a bidding war on the longest sentence,
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but who is going to come forward with a proposal that would be most effective in reducing crime. a few months ago, 1700 prisoners in prisoners in england and wales were allowed out ofjail early as part of a government scheme to try to ease overcrowding. the current government blamed the previous government for years of inaction. and that's despite crime figures actually going down if we had not done this this would _ if we had not done this this would have been a breakdown of law and — would have been a breakdown of law and order, but there's more we must — law and order, but there's more we must do _ law and order, but there's more we must do but this was the necessary first step we had to take _ necessary first step we had to take following the disgraceful dereliction of duty by the previous government. and that's despite crime figures actually going down overall over the last 30 years. of course, prison has a part to play within the system, but there are also far more
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live from london. this is bbc news. russia and the us end their first day of direct talks since moscow invaded ukraine three years ago. marco rubio says the meeting was the first step in a long and difficultjourney. the goal is to bring an end to this conflict in a way that's fair, enduring, sustainable and acceptable to all parties involved.
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