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Coffee House Shots: David Gauke on prisons, probation & the political reaction to his review

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🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Former Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor David Gauke joins James Heale to talk about his review into prison sentencing. The former Tory minister was appointed by the current Labour Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, but says there is a clear centre-right argument for prison reform.

He talks James through his policy proposals and the political reaction to them, the thinking behind expanding chemical castration for sex offenders and why deportation is complicated when dealing with the very worst foreign criminals. Ultimately his review is designed to reduce what is currently the highest incarceration rate in Europe.

Produced by Patrick Gibbons. 

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Hello and welcome today's edition of Coffee House Shots. I'm James Hill and I'm delighted to be

0:56.5

joined today by the former Conservative Minister David Gorg. Now David, you have completed this

1:00.8

week a major review of sentencing policy. Tell us briefly about the top lines of the report.

1:05.7

So first of all the context is that we are running out of prison places and that we will run out. Even with action

1:13.3

taken recently by the government, we've got to run out next spring. And by the time we get to

1:18.1

early 2028, the shortfall is going to be something in the region of 9.5,000. So it is necessary

1:24.9

to take action here. There are a number of measures that we have set out.

1:30.1

We're saying that there should only be used of short sentences in exceptional circumstances.

1:35.9

We're extending the use of suspended sentences. The biggest single recommendation in terms of

1:43.5

finding savings is introducing a new progression model,

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