Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing could lose prison privileges under new rules
England and Wales judges will be able to keep inmates in their cells for longer or stop visits if they refuse to face their victims’ families in court…
The Guardian reports: England and Wales judges will be able to keep inmates in their cells for longer or stop visits if they refuse to face their victims’ families in court Offenders who refuse to face their victims’ families in court for sentencing could be stripped of privileges or kept in cells for weeks under government changes granting wider powers to judges in England and Wales.
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