Brussels, 25/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission believes that excessive use of remand is one of the main causes for prison overcrowding on Community territory. Although suspects resident in a Member State benefit from alternative measures to remand while waiting to be tried (such as the obligation to report regularly to the police or restrictions on movement), those who are not resident of a Member State where the trial is being held, are often held on remand, in order to...