More convicts should be sent to open prisons to ease overcrowding and increase rehabilitation, a former Tory Justice Secretary appointed by Labour to overhaul sentencing has told LBC.
The attorneys suggested the sentencing be moved to immediately after Nadine Menendez's trial, which could last until March, but did not propose a specific date.
More convicts should be sent to open prisons to ease overcrowding, a former Tory Justice Secretary appointed by Labour to overhaul sentencing has said.
The case has been referred to the Attorney General's Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme (ULS). Members of the public can ask the Attorney General’s office to examine sentences handed down by Crown Courts ...