Rapists to serve full sentences and low-level criminals to avoid prison through ‘Texan-style’ justice reforms, Alex Chalk says – By Sky News Staff (Sky News) / Oct 15, 2023
“A 15-year sentence will mean 15 years in prison” for rapists, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk promises, while the prison system will “no longer trap criminals who may otherwise take the right path”.
Rapists will be made to serve their full sentences and fewer “low-level offenders” will be sent to prison under new reforms, the justice secretary has pledged.
Alex Chalk has promised “Texan-style justice” in the UK through sentencing reforms which are set to be outlined tomorrow.
Offenders who may have been given a short stint in prison could instead be given community services like cleaning up local neighbourhoods as the government looks to contain the expanding prison population.
