Ministers activate Operation Early Dawn allowing defendants to be held in police cells as more sentenced for role in riots
Ministers have activated emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding as more rioters are sentenced for their role in the recent unrest.
The longstanding measures, known as Operation Early Dawn, allow defendants to be held in police cells until prison beds became available and could mean their court dates are delayed or adjourned at short notice.
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