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Make Justice Work on Sky News. “Farcical two-month prison sentences should be scrapped and replaced with tougher probation terms, according to ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith.

Make Justice Work on the BBC. “Prison sentences of two months or less should be scrapped and replaced by tougher probation courses, according to Iain Duncan Smith. Make Justice Work, a [...]

Make Justice Work in the Independent. “Why are we asking this now? Prison governors in England and Wales yesterday called for an end to all sentences of less than one year in a radical [...]

Make Justice Work in the Telegraph. “SIR – Should the Prison Governors’ Association vote in favour of scrapping short-term prison sentences (report, October 6), this would be a major coup [...]

Make Justice Work in Progress Magazine. “This week has seen the beginning of the usual banter leading up to the party conferences as well as the tendency to engage in political gimmickry [...]

Make Justice Work in the Times. “Of the people sent to overcrowded prisons by British courts, two thirds are given a sentence of less than 12 months, taking valuable resources away from [...]

Make Justice Work in the Independent. Letters: Prison Sentences It was with great interest that we read Robert Verkaik’s article (29 June) on the performance of private prisons. As the article [...]

Make Justice Work in the Guardian “The short term prison sentence is a disaster for offenders and society. But there are alternatives. It was with a heavy heart that I read of Alan [...]

Make Justice Work on BBC News Online. “Plans for three 2,500-place Titan prisons have been scrapped, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has confirmed. Mr Straw told MPs in the Commons that five [...]

Make Justice Work in The Times. “Sir, I too am concerned that stronger sentencing powers for magistrates would put more strain on a prison system that is already bursting at the seams and [...]

Make Justice Work in The Guardian. Repeating mistakes of US prisons “I, too, am deeply concerned that by pouring over £2.3bn into Titan warehouses, throwing even more money at a system [...]