Female offenders face a postcode lottery when it comes to prison sentences
Thursday, 31st December 2020, 12:30 pm
Women in Lancashire are three times as likely to be jailed as those in the area of England and Wales with the lowest rate of female imprisonment, new analysis reveals.
The Prison Reform Trust said the unnecessary imprisonment of women remained a “postcode lottery” across the two nations, with a significant north-south divide clear in the figures.
Analysis of local court data by the charity found 164 prison sentences were given to women in Lancashire last year – equal to 27 per 100,000 who live in the area.
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