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“For most women, prison isn’t working” @MoJGovUK

21st January 2025
Justice News 247

That’s why we’re launching the Women’s Justice Board to tackle

offending’s root causes and keep families together.

Led by @ShabanaMahmood and chaired by @JamesTCobbler

More: gov.uk/government/new

Photograph of Lord Chancellor, Shabana Mahmood. Text reads "Women's Justice Board. Cutting crime while keeping families together."A photograph of Lord Timpson visiting Willowdene Rehabilitation Centre, interacting with a staff member in a workshop setting. Text is overlaid and reads "Benefits of non-custodial sentences. Willowdene Rehabilitation shows what's possible. Offering women practical skills training and therapeutic support, helping women to rebuild their lives in their communities."

A graphic with text overlaid, which reads: "The Women's Justice Board will identify what drives women to commit crimes and look at alternative punishments to prison. This will help cut reoffending and support women to turn their lives around."Graphic that lists benefits for communities. It reads: "including more community sentences instead of short prison sentences, £7.2m for local support services, and ensuring that punishments for women do not also punish their children." The text is superimposed on a photo of Willowdene Rehabilitation Centre.

Source: http://@MoJGovUK

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