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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Be honest with victims about prison terms for offenders, former Justice Secretary David Gauke tells MPs

Courts and jails must be more open with victims about when prisoners will be set free, MPs have been told, ahead of a radical overhaul of criminal court sentencing.

The Labour government is reforming the justice system to fix the prison overcrowding crisis, with plans for some offenders to spend a third of their sentences behind bars.

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