The government hopes it will ease the population crisis in prisons.
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Short sentences, long consequences for women – a dialogue between researchers and the SAOL Project
Irish Legal News presents the latest in a series of articles facilitating dialogue between criminal justice policymakers, practitioners and academic researchers. Dr Sharon Duignan summarises the ...
People sentenced for similar offences are more likely to offend after a short prison sentence than if they had been given a ...
Most people who would previously have been handed a prison sentence of one year or less will, from now on, receive community or suspended sentences. That is because the Sentencing Act (2026) has ...
The UK government's plan to scrap most short-term prison sentences has come into effect - and it makes a lot more sense than ...
There are “too many examples of people who are given relatively short sentences” for “heinous crimes”, the Tanaiste has said. Simon Harris said he would engage with Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan ...
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