Sentencing Review (England & Wales) calls for increased use of mandatory substance use treatment

Our research shows we need better data collection & quality research to understand effects of these sentences on health

Results soon. Led by Prof France
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Gauke unveils sentencing reforms to end prison population crisis Short custodial sentences would be handed down only in exceptional circumstances and well-behaved prisoners released early.

People want a justice system that works, not one lurching from crisis to crisis. Overcrowded prisons & short-term fixes fuel reoffending & fail communities, at huge public cost.

Today’s #SentencingReview offers a credible plan to break this cycle (1/3) www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/gauke-u...

Pipe down Jenrick. You had your chance and failed miserably. #SentencingReview

Dishonest Bob Jenrick makes leadership bid!

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While we welcome the reforms, we remain concerned that current prison regimes offer limited opportunities for purposeful activity and effective rehabilitation. There is also a danger that increasing the use of Home Detention Curfew, or tagging, will place further pressure on an already overstretched probation service, as well as on prisoners’ families.

Pact CEO Andy Keen-Downs CBE responds to the Independent #SentencingReview published today, highlighting the urgent need for improved regimes and engagement with prisoners’ families (link below).
#CriminalJustice #PrisonReform

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Co-hosted with @thehowardleague.bsky.social, the panel will discuss the #SentencingReview 2024/25, sentencing inflation and its impact on the prison population.

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Ken Clarke was right to start a debate about sentencing in rape cases| Clare McGlynn Clare McGlynn: Policy that encourages early admissions of guilt can help some victims gain a sense of justice

Just come across this - when I argued in favour of increased sentencing discounts for properly early guilty pleas in rape cases.
Justice for victims means many things, not always long prison sentences.
Maybe this could be considered in the #SentencingReview

www.theguardian.com/law/2011/may...

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I have stated this before but will bang this drum again ... it is not a #SentencingReview that we need but a #LegislativeReview.

We have too many #laws, that capture too many, too young, for too little, that damage the futures of too many, for too long!

#Criminology
#CriminalJustice

‘Creative use of punishment’: Covid-style lockdowns proposed for criminals in England and Wales Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jails

'Creative use of punishment'
Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jails in response to #SentencingReview
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... @lizziedearden.bsky.social on @theguardian.com