Comment on Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC

hellothere@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• TheKrill@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  IPP sentences (which have been given for theft and assaults etc == life sentences from manslaughter or murder.

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  • hellothere@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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