Comment on Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC
hellothere@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
But not if the papers don’t want the person released, eh Andy?
Comment on Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC
hellothere@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
But not if the papers don’t want the person released, eh Andy?
TheKrill@lemmy.world 2 months ago
IPP sentences (which have been given for theft and assaults etc == life sentences from manslaughter or murder.
hellothere@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Yes, you, I, and the Prison Reform Trust get that, but there will absolutely someone on an IPP sentence that - like the people who accidentally killed Harper - has a story which is suitably easy to make negative fear mongering headlines about.
And it’s abundantly clear that Burnham’s media pleasing nature will lead to immediate capitulation and a continuation of the crisis.