Politics·The Guardian·3h agoUnited Kingdom
Community Payback Offers Alternative to Prison Overcrowding
Scheme in West Midlands lets offenders improve waterways
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An initiative in the West Midlands offers an alternative to prison overcrowding by having offenders improve waterways and green spaces under community payback. The Sentencing Act, which received royal assent in January, will presume suspension of short custodial sentences.
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community paybackprison overcrowdingsentencing reformrehabilitationWest Midlands
