Row Erupts as New Rules Ease Imprisonments for ‘Ethnic, Cultural, or Faith Minorities’

Tory and Reform MPs alike are jumping on the latest guidelines from the Sentencing Council which go into effect next month. They include new differential rules for people of “minority” races or faiths…

Robert Jenrick raised the issue in the Commons and asked Shabana Mahmood why pre-sentence reports – which lower the likelihood of imprisonment – are to be “considered necessary” for individuals “from an ethnic minority, cultural minority, and/or faith minority community.[…] Read the rest