While the UK's prison system is creaking at the seams, the bail system is also coming under increasing strain.
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More and more people are being placed on police or court bail, while the number of violent offences some of them are committing has risen too.
Figures obtained by this programme from the Ministry of Justice reveal the scale of the crisis across England and Wales. And a serving magistrate tells us why she wouldn't trust the system either.
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