Liz Truss promises more community sentences
Liz Truss says we need to improve community sentences by dealing better with people with mental health and drug problems and make our prisons more accountable.
13th February 2017
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Liz Truss says we need to improve community sentences by dealing better with people with mental health and drug problems and make our prisons more accountable.
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