@TheCriminalBar: “Senior judges also indicated that the prison places crisis is a justified reason for imposing suspended jail sentences or shortening offenders’ time behind bars”

“Senior judges also indicated that the prison places crisis is a justified reason for imposing suspended jail sentences or shortening offenders’ time behind bars
A message from Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett of Maldon to magistrates outlined the problems that had developed”

— The CBA (@TheCriminalBar) March 10, 2023

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