Review into discrimination in criminal justice system is rare chance to forge a consensus on ‘complex,contested and divisive’ issue, adds Labour MPUrgent action is needed to tackle imprisonment rates for people from minority backgrounds, or according to the Labour MP heading a government review into discrimination in the criminal justice system.
Citing figures that explain black people in Britain are nearly four times (pdf) more likely than white people to be behind bars,David Lammy described the review as a rare chance to forge a cross-party consensus on a “complex, contested and divisive” issue.
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Source: theguardian.com