Nick Clegg calls for fewer women behind bars

Category: Democrat

Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is callingfor fewer women offenders to be put behind bars.

In a speech on Liberal Democrat justice policy on Monday, Nick will describe the plight of thousands of abused and vulnerable women imprisoned in England and Wales as a "litany of despair."

He will highlight the huge proportion of female offenders who have suffered abuse, drug addiction and mental illness.

Two thirds of women prisoners admitted to committing their crimes so that they could get money to buy drugs, with many suffering from anxiety or depression.

Nick will say:

Nearly half of all women prisoners, and one in five men, have tried to kill themselves at some point in their lives.

Abused and vulnerable womencrammed like sardines into crowded prisons.

That is not proof that prison is working. Its a litany of despair.

Too often, for too many offenders, prison is not the answer.It is not the answer for every mother left sobbing in her cell."

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Nick Clegg calls for fewer women behind bars

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February 23rd, 2015
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