50 killed in two years by people on bail

By Channel 4 News

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While the UK's prison system is creaking at the seams, the bail system is also coming under increasing strain. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] More and more people are being placed on police or court bail, while the number of violent offences some of them are committing has risen too. Figures obtained by this programme from the Ministry of Justice reveal the scale of the crisis across England and Wales. And a serving magistrate tells us why she wouldn't trust the system either. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/

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