Much in the government's plans to reform the criminal justice system is to be welcomed (Clarke faces twin-track assault on prison reform plans, 29 June). Proposals to strengthen non-custodial sentences and provide treatment to those with mental health or addiction problems are promising. But ministers have not yet undertaken to reduce the number of prisoners put behind bars for less than a year for lower-level offences. This is disappointing. Short-term prison sentences are costly and ineffective, providing little opportunity to focus on rehabilitation.
We therefore call on the government to commit to cutting the number of prisoners serving short-term sentences and not to miss the opportunity to spark a rehabilitation revolution.
Roma Hooper Director, Make Justice Work, David Barrie Chair, Make Justice Work, Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, Baroness Linklater of Butterstone, Neal Lawson Chair, Compass, Harry Fletcher Assistant general secretary, Napo, Sir Charles Pollard Former chief constable, Thames Valley Police, vice-chair of Why Me? ? Victims for Restorative Justice, Simon Woodroffe Founder, YO!, Tim Smit KBE Founder, Eden Project, Charles Fraser Chief executive, St Mungo Community Housing Association Ltd, Professor Carol Hedderman Department of Criminology, University of Leicester, Dr Ben Bowling Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, King's College London, Saul Hewish Co-director, Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilition), Lucy Perman Executive director, Clean Break, Angela Camber Patron, Griffin Society, Clive Hopwood Director, Writers in Prison Network, Jonathan Myerson Author and novelist, John Roberts Director, Inside Time, Tim Desmond Chief executive, The Egalitarian Trust, Dr Martin Wright Former director, Howard League for Penal Reform, Marion Janner Director, Bright, Jonathan Heawood Director, English PEN, Neil Wragg Chief executive, Youth at Risk, Alex Proud CEO, Proud Galleries, Annabel Harris Chief executive, Network for Africa, Pat Jones Director, Prisoners' Education Trust, Deborah Cowley Director, Action for Prisoners' Families, Barry Loveday Reader in Criminal Justice Administration, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, Portsmouth, Helen Boothman Chairman, Association of Members of Independent Monitoring Board
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/29/prisons-and-probation-criminal-justice
Rev. Al Sharpton Than Shwe Aung San Suu Kyi Yulia Tymoshenko Elizabeth Windsor
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