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Thu 10 Oct 2009FG urges overhaul in sentencing
Fine Gael has today called for a radical overhaul of the State's sentencing system in the wake of new figures that reveal the number of prisoners in Irish jails has passed 4,000 for the first time in the State's history.
Prisoner numbers reached 4,009 last Friday. This is despite very few committals during the summer months when courts do not sit as normal. The fact the numbers are so high so quickly into the new law term indicates that overcrowding is almost certain to worsen considerably in the period to Christmas.
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