JuneSim63<p>"It is infuriating to see another Labour government seek to appease a rightwing voter base by reinforcing the “tough on crime” doom loop that has gridlocked our justice system for the past 30 years. It was New Labour’s punitive posturing that drove up the prison population by 40% between 1997 and 2010"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sentencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sentencing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LabourRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourRight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reform</span></a></p><p>Labour’s populist pantomime over sentencing rules plays into the hands of the right | Janey Starling | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/01/labour-prison-reform-justice-system?CMP=GTUK_email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/01/labour-prison-reform-justice-system?CMP=GTUK_email</span></a></p>