The Government cannot build its way out of the prison crisis, say Greens 11 December 2024 / 11 December 2024 by Green Party Responding to the Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood’s announcement that prisons may run out of space despite government plans to open 14,000 more prison places, Green Party MP Siân Berry said, “The justice secretary is facing the reality that however fast the Government builds prisons, at the current rates of offending and reoffending, the respite from […] Read more » Green Party Overcrowding Prison reform Sian Berry
Is the Prime Minister brave enough to allow common-sense prison reforms ask Greens 4 December 2024 by Green Party Responding to this morning’s NAO report on the crisis in Britain’s prisons, Green Party MP Siân Berry said, “The National Audit Office has revealed in stark terms the futility of a society trying to imprison away crime. “However fast the Government builds prisons, at the current rates of offending and reoffending, the respite from the current […] Read more » Crime Green Party Prison reform Sian Berry