Prison Reform

EDM number 65 in 2001-02, proposed by Paul Flynn on 02/07/2001.

That this House is alarmed at the increasing prison population and urges reforms to reduce severe problems, suffered especially by young offenders and women prisoners; calls for the establishment of a new category of women offenders with babies who are not a risk to public safety; and further believes that women who have been sentenced to custody should be allowed a period of two weeks prior to beginning their sentences in order for them to make arrangements for their dependent children.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs.