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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

Reform UK’s new justice adviser calls for bolstered ‘rehabilitation’ in prisons

Someone guilty of coercing someone to end their life could face a jail sentence of up to 14 years (Alamy/PA) -

Reform UK’s new justice adviser has called for bolstered prisoner “rehabilitation” as she accused previous governments of having “failed and failed miserably” on crime and punishment.

Vanessa Frake also warned that criminals “lose their support systems on the outside” when they are sentenced, and risk having no other choice than to “get on that crime ladder” after a short time in prison.

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