'A 15-year sentence will mean 15 years in prison' for rapists, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk promises, while the prison system will 'no longer trap criminals who may otherwise take the right path'.
Rapists will be made to serve their full sentences and fewer 'low-level offenders' will be sent to prison under new reforms, the justice secretary has pledged. Alex Chalk has promised 'Texan-style justice' in the UK through sentencing reforms which are set to be outlined tomorrow.
Because while the overall reoffending rate is 25%, the rate for people who spend fewer than 12 months in prison is over 50%. '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.
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