
Liberal Democrats for Prison Reform
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Liberal Democrats for Prison Reform
@LD4prisonreform
Campaigning for liberal, evidence based solutions to poor prison conditions and offender management | Chair @crobertson_LD


We're building 4 new prisons to: ⚖️ Improve rehabilitation 📈 Help local economies 🏗️ Support construction industry to invest & innovate Part of our £2.5bn plan to create 10k additional prison places. Delivering modern prisons & keeping the public safe. gov.uk/government/new…


These figures show a shocking mental health crisis in our prisons. We have to support people with mental health problems in every area of society. Prisons should be places for rehabilitation, but it is clear that the Government's prison policy is totally failing.




Thank you to our teams in prison, probation and youth custody. Visit hiddenheroes.uk to read more messages of support for these incredible people #HiddenHeroes



Cummings’ statement confirms he broke the guidelines When millions kept to those rules The PM must now terminate his contract - if he wants to regain any credibility in leading the country on dealing with the Coronavirus crisis bbc.com/news/uk-politi…

An unauthorised tweet was posted on a government channel this evening. The post has been removed and we are investigating the matter.

"This is a question of leading the country." @EdwardJDavey says the PM should be focusing on #coronavirus issues and by not dismissing Cummings, he is sending a "worrying message to people." #Breakfast live: trib.al/NJ70lwb

Opinion: Thousands of prisoners may be exposed to coronavirus – we need to release them all independent.co.uk/voices/coronav…





Announced in the Commons in response to a question from @DavidLammy that only 33 prisoners ( including pregnant women) have been let out as part of the early release scheme.


