{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/66db0eb325bbd4b8989106ee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Prisons crisis: Could UK offenders be sent to Estonia?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1725632236061-c55f0eeb-69ec-4e9e-bf66-f8257b932f83.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The UK government is reportedly considering sending offenders <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/prison-overcrowding-estonia-jails-ministry-of-justice-uk-government-crime-b1180453.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to serve sentences in Estonian prisons</a> to ease overcrowding in Britain’s jails. Although it’s not officially been confirmed, cabinet minister Angela Eagle says ‘anything’ is being considered to ease the prisons crisis.</p><p><br></p><p>Our Courts Correspondent, Tristan Kirk, reveals what we know so far about this potential option, and discusses the urgent issues facing our country’s prisons.</p><p><br></p><p>In part two, film critic Jo-Ann Titmarsh joins us from the Venice International Film Festival<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/joker-folie-a-deux-venice-film-festival-review-joaquin-phoenix-lady-gaga-b1180064.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> to give her verdict on Joker: Folie à deux</a>, all the very long standing ovations, and the movies that should be on your list to go see.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}