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The Corston Independent Funders’ Coalition is very pleased to note the new government’s commitment to the Corston report’s recommendations. Asked in Parliament on 20th July 2010 about the effectiveness of short prison sentences for women offenders, the new Prisons Minister, Crispin Blunt, replied:
Short sentences for men have proved pretty ineffective, and I think that short sentences for women are even more ineffective and deleterious. We support the conclusions of the Corston report, we are conducting an analysis of the effectiveness of different sentences as part of the current sentencing …
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The Corston Coalition recently held a morning seminar for an invited audience of charities, funders, civil servants and academics. The mornig’s introductory speech was given by Richard Garside, the director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. Richard has helpfully posted what he said on his blog.
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Some time ago, the Conservative party unveiled plans to create more prison places through selling off prime city centre prison sites and using the money to fund newer, more efficient prisons. It’s now been confirmed that this is unlikely to go ahead in the current economic climate by Channel 4 news:
Senior Conservative figures now accept privately that, particularly in the wake of the economic crisis and plummeting property prices, the original plans were “over-optimistic”. Instead, the Tories plan to convert some open jails into category C prisons, and focus …
