Sima Kotecha
Senior UK Correspondent at BBC
Senior UK Correspondent for @BBCNews. Former UK Editor @BBCNewsnight
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Jennifer McKiernan |Ashitha Nagesh |Sima Kotecha
Prisoners in England and Wales, including some serious offenders, will be eligible for release after serving a third of their sentence under reforms. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the Commons she accepted most of the proposals from an independent sentencing review, but stopped short of allowing the most serious offenders from being released early.
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2 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Sima Kotecha |Ashitha Nagesh
Violent criminals could be released early and chemical castration pilot expanded after reviewThe Independent Sentencing Review warns that "we cannot build our way out of" prison overcrowding [PA Media]Violent prisoners, including those convicted of sex offences and domestic abuse, could be released after serving just a third of their sentence in a bid to ease prison overcrowding, under new recommendations made in a landmark review.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Sima Kotecha
Violent criminals could be let out early for good behaviour under new proposalsPA MediaThe Independent Sentencing Review warns that "we cannot build our way out of" prison overcrowdingViolent prisoners, including those convicted of sex offences and domestic abuse, could be released after serving just a third of their sentence, under new recommendations made in a landmark review.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Paul Seddon |Sima Kotecha
More than a thousand inmates will be released early to free up spaces in prisons in England and Wales, the justice secretary has announced, as the government grapples with an overcrowding crisis. Under the move, offenders serving one to four years who are recalled to prison for breaching their licences, will be released after 28 days. Shabana Mahmood said a £4.7bn investment would fund more prisons, but said it would not be possible to "build our way out of this crisis".
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3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Paul Seddon |Sima Kotecha
Prisons will run out of space in just 5 MONTHS as government unveils raft of new measures to tackle overcrowding crisisAMY Rees, interim permanent secretary to the Ministry of Justice, revealed the UK will run out of prison spaces entirely by November of this year. A …
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