United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 92125
Alternatives to Prison: Females
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13 December 2021
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21 December 2021 · Answer
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21 December 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of community sentences for female offenders as an alternative to short custodial prison sentences.
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13 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of community sentences for female offenders as an alternative to short custodial prison sentences.
Source: Commons
21 December 2021
Answer
Sentencing is a matter for the judiciary in individual cases. In line with the Government’s Female Offender Strategy, we want fewer women serving short sentences and more managed effectively in the community successfully. Community sentences offer the opp...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-13/92125
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1387232
- uk · wq-1387232 · source updated 21 December 2021