Commenting on the publication of the Sentencing Bill today, Pia Sinha, chief executive of the Prison Reform Trust said: “With the prison population just days from a new all-time high and capacity running critically low, the government has had little choice but to introduce a series of emergency measures over the past year. England and Wales already has one of the highest imprisonment rates in western Europe, and today’s bill offers an opportunity to begin restoring our justice system to a...
