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UK here, just looked it up and although it's not admissible as evidence in court, since 2021 it can be used as a requirement for release from prison for domesti
by n4r9 2y ago
UK here, just looked it up and although it's not admissible as evidence in court, since 2021 it can be used as a requirement for release from prison for domestic abusers.
Bloody hell, that is scary.
- xnorswap 2y agoThat is scary! Well, we've recently got a new prisons minister, this might actually motivate me to write to them about this.
- n4r9 2y agoI looked them up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Timpson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Timpson Woah. It's actually the MD of Timpson, whom Starmer has parachuted into the role along with a peerage. So an unelected Minister, but apparently he's very into prison reform, so there's that.
- xnorswap 2y agoIndeed, Timpson's are a leading employer of people who have served their sentence: > The company is well known for its policy of employing ex-convicts, who make up over 10% of its workforce