The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
Kneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probationIt is not hard to see why ministers are considering converting parts of the women’s prison estate for use by men. While Andy Burnham’s decision to narrow the early-release scheme was born of political necessity, it has made an already acute capacity problem worse. Excluding manslaughter and further sexual offences cut projected early releases from 6,000 to 4,500. The family of PC Andrew Harper, who was…
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