offender
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Farage added: "To house a foreign national offender in El Salvador will be half the cost of housing a foreign national offender in this country, and will give us more prison spaces."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
There were 2,891 recalls because an offender faced further charges between January and March 2026, a 23% rise on the same period in 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
That’s like staying in the dugout during a bench-clearing brawl then offering the offender a handshake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It means an offender leaves prison but is not free of their sentence - they are subject to restrictions and conditions on their life which can include electronic tag monitoring of their movements and curfews.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Press coverage hyped the personal nature of the conflict between the offender and specific victim.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
The government is set to release 5,000 offenders from October as part of new laws to create more space in overcrowded prisons.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The prime minister is "increasingly confident" he can find prison spaces for some high-profile offenders, says The Independent.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Times leads with police chiefs writing to the prime minister over "collective concern" as thousands of offenders are set to be granted early release.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
All 43 chief constables in England and Wales are urging Burnham to establish an "additional public protection safeguard" in cases involving violent and dangerous offenders.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
LeAlan: When did you first see younger offenders doing bigger crimes?
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
