Overcrowded prisons: A predictable crisis / The Economist 14/10/06

"Why the home secretary is scrabbling to find more prison placesJOHN REID became home secretary because of a prison scandal. His predecessor, Charles Clarke, was forced to resign in May after admitting that some 1,000 foreign prisoners who ought to have been considered for deportation had been freed. This week Mr Reid faced a prison crisis of his own, made worse by new figures showing that offenders released early from jail on electronic tags have committed more than 1,000 serious crimes." [Sub Required]