Judges are told not to jail criminals if prisons are full / The Times, 14 January 2005

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1439829,00.html
Richard Ford ; Francis gibb
"Jail sentences are to be linked to whether there are enough prison places - for the first time in British history - under government proposals that provoked outrage last night.
Judges will be expected to consider the state of prisons and the numbers already in them when deciding if a criminal should be jailed or given a community sentence. "