“Offenders will be made to do a full five-day week of hard work and job-seeking, under new proposals for community sentences outlined by Minister for Prisons and Probation, Crispin Blunt.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Unemployed offenders face a full week of unpaid work, including the possibility hard manual labour, under plans to toughen community penalties as an alternative to prison. Instructions will be issued to courts by the Ministry of Justice, urging them to make sure unemployed offenders sentenced to the ‘community payback’ programme work a minimum of 28 hours over a four-day week. They will spend the fifth day looking for work or face losing their jobseekers’ allowance.”
The Guardian, 24th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 17-year-old who posted a Facebook message saying ‘come on rioters’ has been banned from social networking sites for 12 months.”
The Guardian, 17th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Offenders will be forced to spend longer in their homes as daily curfews are extended from 12 to 16 hours as part of tougher community sentences.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Tougher community sentences will see offenders forced to spend longer in their homes – up to 16 hours each day for a whole year, Minister for Prisons and Probation Crispin Blunt confirmed today.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th August 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A postman has been convicted of racism after calling Andy Murray, the Scottish tennis player, a ‘useless Jock’.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother who left her three children in a hot car for 45 minutes in Carlisle has been spared jail.”
BBC New, 1st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man who was jailed for possessing child abuse images has been freed by a judge who said he was at risk of becoming ‘another inmate’s bitch’.”
BBC News, 27th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The founder of the English Defence League has been convicted of leading a street brawl with 100 football fans.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two nursing home workers who were found guilty of wilfully neglecting a man who broke his hip have been sentenced to community service.”
BBC News, 27th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A postman who claimed he was traumatised into stealing parcels after going on the Disneyland roller coaster Thunder Mountain, was spared jail yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Louise Casey, Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses, has welcomed the Government’s response to its ‘Breaking the Cycle’ Green Paper.'”
Ministry of Justice, 21st June 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Breaking the Cycle: Government Response, Cm 8070 (PDF)
“The pilot of a plane that crashed on election day, injuring Ukip leader Nigel Farage, was given a two-year community order today after a court heard his threats to kill the politician were ‘a cry for help’. ”
The Guardian, 10th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The deterrent effect of short-term sentences is lost on criminals who are jailed time and time again, a report has found.”
The Independent, 8th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Prisoners prefer to do a short stretch behind bars than complete a community sentence because they consider it less of a punishment, according to research by prison governors and penal reformers.”
The Guardian, 8th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Offenders given community penalties have significantly lower reoffending rates than similar offenders who have served short prison sentences, according to Ministry of Justice research.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Imminent budget cuts are set to create a funding ‘black hole’ in the criminal justice system with catastrophic consequences for innovative community sentences, experts have warned.”
The Guardian, 8th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of dangerous criminals are handed community sentences every year despite being a high risk to the public, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Thousands of offenders will avoid jail under an overhaul of sentencing powers that will focus on cutting reoffending.”
The Independent, 7th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Sentencing and rehabilitation: government proposals for reform
“Justice ministers are looking at proposals to turn community sentences into intensive programmes that run five days a week and are enforceable by the withdrawal of benefits, in an attempt to create alternatives to prison that are perceived as credible by the public.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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