‘No Point Sending Someone To Prison For Under 12 Months' | Former Prison Governor
Former prison governor Vanessa Frake says there’s no point sending someone to prison for less than 12 months, except for violent crimes.
Sir Keir Starmer said more prisons will be built to manage overcrowding once the Government gets its “hands on the planning laws”.
Speaking to broadcasters in Berlin, the Prime Minister said the lack of prisons being built is one of the reasons for the current capacity crisis in jails across the UK.
It comes after Sir Keir said the decision to release prisoners early was a difficult one, and “goes against the grain of everything I’ve ever done”.
Vanessa says: “What would be better would be to have that person doing something useful within the community.”
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