overcrowding
Britishnoun
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The Sentencing Act 2026, passed in January, is a wide-ranging package of measures which ministers hope will ease overcrowding in jails - but also lead to better rehabilitation.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
But the perk has lost some of its luster as overcrowding and restrictions at participating lounges have made entry less reliable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Detention facilities are seeing more overcrowding and understaffing as the Trump administration ramps up enforcement in the interior of the country, experts said.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
But Karachi, home to more than 20 million, is especially notorious for poor construction, illegal extensions, ageing infrastructure, overcrowding, and lax enforcement of building regulations.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Then people began abandoning farming communities in California’s Central Valley, when it became the Pacific Dust Bowl, overcrowding the already overcrowded cities, like the big cats abandoning the dry hills.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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