SHORT STAYS IN JAIL 'DO HARM'
Daily Star|September 30, 2024
Minister: Crims come out worse.
WILL STONE
SHORT STAYS IN JAIL 'DO HARM'

SHORT prison sentences could be axed because they risk making offenders "better criminals".

Justice minister Sir Nic Dakin has hinted petty crooks could get community punishments instead.

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