To think prison reform wasn't the top of most voters agenda?

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malificent7 · 07/07/2024 09:18

I get it is important due to overcrowding but I'm a bit surprised this is one of the first topics in the headlines.
I am all for youth hubs to target knife crime....excellent idea but releasing lots of prisoners who apparently shouldn't be there will give Reform lots of ammunition what do you think?

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verdantverdure · 20/07/2024 13:05

FinalCeleryScheme · 13/07/2024 20:40

I don’t think the Conservatives did anything worthwhile about penal policy. I’m just pointing out that 13 years of Blair and Brown didn’t either, and in fact made the situation much more difficult for their successors.

I hope Starmer reverses many of the offences created by Blair. These contribute to the criminal courts’ overload and can result in prison sentences. The Tories did some tinkering about that, but not nearly enough.

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Which offences that Tony Blair brought in would you like reversed?

I know the Tories changed the law to make shoplifting goods valued at less than £200 a minor offence to stop shoplifting cases cluttering up courts but that seems to have resulted in a huge increase in shoplifting.

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