Labour’s Manifesto Features Former Police Chief Who Backed ‘Virtual Prisons’ and ‘Health Route’ For Serious Offenders

Labour’s election manifesto features an endorsement from former Detective Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, an approval Labour hoped would bolster their promise to crack down on crime. Though Thomas hasn’t been one to encourage the full force of the law on some serious offenders…

Back in 2016, Thomas called for a review of the sex offenders register and a debate about diverting some paedophiles into treatment rather than imprisoning them.[…] Read the rest