Longer jail terms for serious crimes, but also changes aimed at rehabilitating offenders outlined in white paper
Ministers are to encourage courts to make more use of deferred sentences – when judges give offenders a chance to turn themselves around before being punished – as part of a £500m shake-up of criminal justice in England and Wales.
Longer jail time for serious offenders, increased use of whole life orders and the use of satellite monitoring for convicted burglars are among measures set out in a white paper published on Wednesday titled A Smarter Approach to Sentencing.
