But rapists would be forced to serve their full sentence in prison under promised reforms, Alex Chalk has said.
Alex Chalk suggested prisoners could clean up neighbourhoods, scrub graffiti off walls or plant forests
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. 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”.“We need to look again at low-level offenders. Because while the overall reoffending rate is 25%, the rate for people who spend fewer than 12 months in prison is over 50%,” he said.
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