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http://www.howardleague.org 14-07-2009 18:30:50
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.Rachel Treweek welcomes the publication today of the Howard League for Penal Reforms’s paper ‘Sentence inflation: a judicial critique’. The Howard League
📖 Read The Howard League's new paper on sentence inflation here 📈 - howardleague.org/wp-content/upl… More info in the thread below 👇
Sentencing inflation The Howard League publishes a paper by four former Lords Chief Justice criticising the substantial increase in the length of custodial sentences, one of the main reasons for our prison capacity crisis buff.ly/3XxJFGQ
"End ‘sentence inflation’ to reduce prison overcrowding, say retired judges. In a paper published by the Howard League, four former lords chief justice said the UK is heading for ‘US-style mass incarceration’ if the issue is not addressed." thetimes.com/uk/law/article… Matt Dathan
"It's a system completely on its knees. It's a system at breaking point." Our Chief Executive, Andrea Coomber, spoke to BBC News (UK) about record breaking prison population figures, the early release scheme and outsourcing prison places to Estonia.
This HAS to be right. When this no of former CJ’s speak out, we SHOULD listen. As David Cameron once said; we should understand a little more + condemn a little less. Prison CAN work but on current numbers it does NOT. Will Ministers face down the tabloid newspapers this time?