Breaking the cycle: effective punishment, rehabilitation and sentencing of offenders
Status: Closed - awaiting response
Open date: 07 December 2010
Close date: 04 March 2011
The Ministry of Justice Structural Reform Plan published in July 2010 set out a commitment to introduce a 'rehabilitation revolution' and conduct a review of sentencing policy.
This consultation sets out the resulting proposals which aim to break the destructive cycle of crime and protect the public, through more effectively punishing and rehabilitating offenders and reforming the sentencing framework.
- Breaking the Cycle (PDF 0.59mb 96 pages)
- Torri’r Cylch: Cosbi, Ailsefydlu a Dedfrydu (PDF 0.41mb 96 pages)
- Green paper evidence report (PDF 0.45mb 95 pages)
- Impact assessment (PDF 0.20mb 27 pages)
- Screening equality impact assessment (PDF 0.40mb 114 pages)
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