Lord Timpson told ITV News that short sentences are a 'disaster' for female prisoners, and that his government's reforms to ...

It often sounds back to front and we have to wait until later in the sentence to find out what happened. In the active voice, the subject of the sentence (the dog) goes first and the object (the man) ...

Three members of a 'wicked, vile and sordid' grooming gang are to have their 'pathetically short sentences' reviewed by the Court of Appeal. Ibrar Hussain, 47, and brothers Imtiaz Ahmed, 62, and ...

But the justice secretary says she rejects recommendations for earlier releases of the most serious offenders.

Short term prison sentences for violent crimes 'a waste of time' ... 2024, and he, like all prisoners who are not serving life sentences, is entitled to a 25% remission of his sentence.

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The Scottish Government's presumption against short term sentences is failing as almost three quarters of prisoners were jailed for less than a year.. Alec Spencer, a former prison governor and ...

Campaigners have hit out at the "short-sighted" decision not to include prisoners on indefinite sentences in the plans to reduce the prison population. On Thursday, the government published its ...

The Corrections Minister is looking at scrapping short prison sentences in favour of longer ones, in the hope of reducing reoffending. Mark Mitchell said people with longer sentences have more ...

A landmark review of how criminals are punished has been described as a “slap in the face” for victims. The father of four-year-old Violet-Grace Youens – who was killed when hit by a stolen ...

Short prison sentences are disproportionately expensive, especially when compared with community sentences. The offenders serving them have committed relatively minor offences, so pose a low risk ...

So instead, we think stronger community-centered sentences can be more effective.” “There is no real rehabilitation that can get done in prison over that short period of time.