Justice Committee calls for criminal court charge to be scrapped
Committee said the charge was ‘grossly disproportionate’ to the means of many offenders
Committee said the charge was ‘grossly disproportionate’ to the means of many offenders
Efforts by the coalition to reduce expenditure on prisons are fraught with problems, including, potentially, from the ever-reliable G4S.
No one comes out of the sentencing u-turn saga in a particularly good light; all the political parties should be wary of letting tabloid outrage dictate policy.
The government must make a decision quickly and correctly over the issue of voting rights for prisoners or risk further law suits, writes the Howard League’s Stephen Gummer.