Post by jonksy on Sept 24, 2024 21:51:50 GMT
Firstly, isn't prison supposed to work more for society than the criminal? Secondly, surely you can't pick and choose what equality you want, otherwise it's not actually equality......This Government is truly shocking. Prison isn’t working for anyone inside, and it shouldn’t be as they are there for punishment, or they should be.
Labour will send fewer women to jail as 'prison isn't working' for them, the Justice Secretary has revealed.....
The number of women in jail will be slashed, the Justice Secretary has revealed – as she insisted 'prison isn't working' for female offenders.
Shabana Mahmood's remarks amounted to a reversal of then Tory home secretary Michael Howard's famous 'prison works' mantra from three decades ago.
Shabana Mahmood's remarks amounted to a reversal of then Tory home secretary Michael Howard's famous 'prison works' mantra from three decades ago.
The number of women in jail will be slashed, the Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has revealed
She said women offenders could be housed in 'residential centres'. It is understood that they would be free to come and go, and could have their children with them.
Other criminal charges against female offenders could be 'resolved before they go to court', the Labour Party conference in Liverpool heard.
'It is high time we stopped sending so many women to prison,' Ms Mahmood said.
'For women, prison isn't working. Rather than encouraging rehabilitation, prison forces women into a life of crime.'