Posted: Jun 27, 2018 4:37 am
The government has abandoned plans for five community prisons for women in England and Wales.
Instead, the Ministry of Justice will trial five residential centres to help offenders with issues such as finding work and drug rehabilitation.
Justice Secretary David Gauke said short custodial sentences had failed to halt the "cycle of offending".
Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said "thousands" of women would benefit from the change.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44622498