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Taskforce to scale back variety of girls in prisons anticipated to launch subsequent week

By Editorial Board Published January 14, 2025 3 Min Read
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Taskforce to scale back variety of girls in prisons anticipated to launch subsequent week

The federal government is anticipated to announce the launch of a Girls’s Justice Board to scale back the variety of girls in prisons as quickly as subsequent week.

It’s a progressive method to sentencing that went largely beneath the radar when it was first introduced by the justice secretary at Labour’s convention final yr.

The thought is to scale back the variety of girls in prisons by intervening early, tackling the basis causes of offending and specializing in options to jail, together with group sentences.

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Lord Timpson, the prisons minister, will chair the justice board and it’ll sit contained in the Ministry of Justice.

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Prisons minister Lord Timpson has stated a custodial sentence will not be at all times the proper resolution for people.

One other notable member will probably be Girl Edwina Grosvenor, an aristocrat and philanthropist identified for her pioneering work within the legal justice system. Her charity Hope Road, partly funded by her personal belief fund, provides a group different for girls prone to being imprisoned.

The announcement subsequent week is an acknowledgement from the federal government that jail is not working for girls – and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has stated the last word purpose for the taskforce is to scale back the quantity of ladies’s prisons altogether.

The present overcrowding in prisons is properly documented and this transformational method would release areas urgently wanted elsewhere within the system.

Lord Timpson has beforehand stated {that a} custodial sentence will not be at all times the proper punishment for individuals and that jail is usually “a disaster” for girls “because it’s putting them back in the offending cycle”.

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Sky Information speaks to a jail officer, anonymously, who says situations are poor and the establishment doesn’t work.

It has been broadly welcomed by charities inside the sector. The Jail’s Reform Belief has stated the brand new measures “represents a historic moment for women’s justice reform”.

“The majority of women sent to prison are convicted of non-violent offences and receive short sentences of six months or less,” it added.

“Rates of self-harm in women’s prisons are more than eight times higher than in the male estate. Many women are primary carers for children, which means prison can have a devastating impact on those left behind on the outside as well as on the women themselves.”

The board will sit contained in the Ministry of Justice with common spherical tables and ongoing work. It expects to return again with a broad framework within the spring.

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