In jail and offline: Lack of Internet worsens UK’s prisons crisis

LONDON: The sun has risen on Operation Early Dawn, the British government’s emergency plan to mitigate overcrowding in the country’s packed jails by keeping offenders in police cells for longer.

The emergency measure was triggered after hundreds of people were arrested following anti-immigration riots this month.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government has said the arrests over racist violence aimed at migrants and Muslims had worsened a prison capacity crisis that had already seen ministers say they would have to release some prisoners early.