Re: Should Jail terms of six months or less should be scrapped?
I think everyone is missing why this has come up in the news in the first place.
Don;t kid yourselves, its numbers pure and simple, currently the prisons are struggling, they are full, likely overfull.
Mrs May's wonderful cut back decision making process has resulted in prison officers leaving in droves and you're hearing quite often now of places where the prisons are simply not in control.
I wonder what % of prisoner total is made up by the 6 month or less lot?
It certainly will thin out the population somewhat, and every little helps currently.
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