Custodial Sentences (Women)

Part of Women and Equalities – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 28 October 2010.

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Photo of David Mowat David Mowat Conservative, Warrington South 10:30, 28 October 2010

The Minister will be aware of the Corston report, which said that women who pose no threat to the public should not go to prison, owing principally to the attendant issues for children and the next generation, yet in the past decade, the number of women going to prison has increased by 100%, which is four times faster than the number of men going to prison. That cannot be right. What will we do to reverse that legacy?