London Bridge attack: Tory policies made public less safe, former Parole Board chairman says
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nick Hardwick, who resigned last year, said suggestions there could be an easy solution to the failings leading up to the London Bridge attack were “fundamentally mistaken”. A damning parliamentary report released earlier this year said the “disastrous” programme had worsened probation services and made the public less safe. While Boris Johnson has repeated his calls to keep some offenders in prison for longer, either by lengthening sentences or changing release rules, Mr Acheson said the an “arms race on sentencing” ignored crucial issues. London Bridge attack: Jeremy Corbyn says terrorists can be released early if they have been 'rehabilitated' “At the heart of this is the destruction of the prison and probation service through crazy, failed, ideological austerity cuts,” he added.
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