This is a really good listen on the state of prisons (and how we got here), the issue of sentence inflation and what we might do about it all podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

The Prisons Crisis, with Ian Burnett

Britain's prisons are in crisis. In the past week, we've seen the early release of some 1,500 prisoners in order to free up space in our nation's jails. But how

Former LCJ Ian Burnett is particularly compelling on the issue of sentence inflation - speaking to some of the points raised in this excellent paper that he co-wrote with 3 other former LCJs and Sir Brian Leveson👇

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We need to talk about sentence inflation 📣 So say the most senior former judges in England & Wales, who have come together to call on Govt to reverse the trend of imposing ever longer sentences Read this extraordinary intervention, supported by the Howard League 👉 howardleague.org/publications...