US EditionSex Offenders Could Face Chemical Castration Under Plans in Sentencing Review
- David Gauke led an independent sentencing review published on Thursday 2025-05-23 proposing reforms to ease overcrowding in prisons across England and Wales.
- The review responds to urgent efforts to tackle overcrowded prisons by proposing a tiered 'earned progression model' that would allow offenders to be released once they have completed one-third of their prison term.
- The proposals include voluntary chemical castration for sex offenders, expanding to 20 prisons, and aiming to reduce prison numbers by about 9,800 while increasing community sentences.
- Prisons in England and Wales are currently 98.9% full, with 88,103 inmates just 418 below the 88,521 record reached last September, and Justice Secretary Mahmood warned of imminent full capacity.
- If adopted, the reforms intend to control prison population growth but raise concerns about the Probation Service’s capacity despite a planned £700 million funding boost for rehabilitation.
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