The British prime minister has vowed to come down hard on rioters involved in violent, far-right protests in the UK last week. Some offenders have already been sentenced to time in prison. But British prisons are already at 99% capacity, and many are dangerously overcrowded. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry explores if the government can get tough on violent protesters when its jails are overflowing.
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