Jueces ingleses advierten que las guias de sentencia van a generar superpoblación carcelaria en Gran Bretaña

Del Diario The Times de Londres (11/3/2010). http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article7057493.ece

Britain's leading criminal judges warn that a shake-up of sentencing guidelines could push prison overcrowding to crisis levels. They fear that the Sentencing Council, which comes into force next month with the aim of bringing more consistency to courts, will not curb judges'  use of custody, as hoped, but actually increase it. The Council of Circuit Judges, which represents 600 judges in England and Wales, told The Times that they would be left with no freedom to fit  punishments to the specific circumstances of a case. They fear that cuts to  rehabilitation programmes will leave judges with no option in some cases but to jail offenders. Judge Keith Cutler, vice-president of the Council of Circuit Judges, said  that the Sentencing Council requires that judges "must follow" guidelines,  rather than "take account" of them. Although some concessions were secured, allowing judges to sentence within a broad band of recommended penalties, they are concerned that they will be  seriously restricted.

If judges' freedom is further restricted sentences may continue to rise. The  prison population stood at 84,073 last week, less than 2,400 below capacity.