1.   But there is no mechanical relationship between the level of crime and the size of the prison population.

2.   Financially, the programme depends on savings gained from reducing the prison population.

3.   Furthermore, expanding prison populations have crippling consequences for prison regimes.

4.   Howard protested about overcrowding in conditions of a more or less stable prison population.

5.   One measure of a civilized and compassionate society is how well it treats its prison population.

6.   Rising prison population and overcrowding add up to a real crisis.

7.   The average size of the sentenced prison population has been increasing steadily since the Second World War.

8.   The government wants to reduce the size of the prison population.

9.   The main reason for the huge prison population is the fashion for severe and mandatory sentencing.

10.   The policy of Ellis, to feed and clothe the prison population from its own resources, has already been mentioned.