By Maria Ward-Brennan The UK government has reactivated an emergency plan to delay court cases as the latest swarm of arrests following the riots adds to an overcrowded prison system. The measures known as ‘Operation Early Dawn’ was introduced under the previous government in May. The aim of the initiative will cause delays for many magistrates’ court cases in England. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) stated that “in recent weeks, prisons in the north of England have seen hundreds of people enter the prison estate, after the government took decisive action to tackle violent thuggery on our street…