Capacity in British prisons is under serious pressure, with concerns in recent days that a lack of space could see sentencing delayed in some cases.
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Chalk said: “There have been inaccurate reports that judges are being told not to send rapists to prison.Evacuation of north Gaza 'a death sentence' for sick and injured, say WHO
He added: “No longer will the perpetrators of this heinous crime walk out of prison after even two-thirds of their sentence. A 15-year sentence will mean 15 years in prison.Mr Chalk pitched his planned sentencing reforms as Texan-style justice as he acknowledged the prison system is under “intense pressure”.Barclay refuses to say if judges have been told not to jail some criminals
“A short stretch of a few months inside isn’t enough time to rehabilitate criminals, but is more than enough to dislocate them from the family, work and home connections that keep them from crime.“No prison system should further criminalise offenders or trap criminals who might otherwise take the right path in a cycle of criminality through a merry-go-round of short sentences.
Alex Chalk said: "No longer will the perpetrators of this heinous crime walk out of prison after even two-thirds of their sentence"
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