Lords Committee takes evidence on community sentences
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee is holding its second oral evidence session as part of its inquiry on community sentences.
Meeting details
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Community sentences
Campaigns Director at Howard League for Penal Reform
Director at Centre for Justice Innovation
Senior Research Fellow at The Sentencing Academy
The Justice and Home Affairs Committee continues its inquiry on community sentences. Advocacy groups are invited to share their views on community sentences, identifying best practices and discussing challenges associated with them. The Committee also seeks their views on ways to facilitate their delivery and improve their effectiveness.
Possible questions
- What characterises an ideal community sentence? What are the best practices in the delivery of community sentences?
- How effective are community sentences at reducing reoffending?
- What are the attitudes of the public, in general, and of victims, in particular, towards community sentences? What shapes these attitudes?
- What are the attitudes of offenders towards community sentences?
- Should young adults be supervised by Youth Offending Services?
- What is the single most important change you would advocate for in relation to community sentences?