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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox,Andy Gregory and Archie Mitchell

Plans to use mandatory chemical castration on serious sexual offenders after prison review

Serious sex offenders could face mandatory chemical castration under plans set to be agreed by the justice secretary to help ease overcrowded prisons.

It comes as a review has suggested that sex offenders and violent criminals could be freed from prison after serving half their sentence under radical plans to overhaul the justice system.

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