 Prisoners will be allowed home at weekends |
A Lincolnshire jail is pioneering a new part-time prison system. Women sentenced to 'intermittent custody' will be sent for either weekends or week days at Morton Hall female prison near Swinderby.
There will be 40 places in a new purpose built building.
The Governor, Lynn Saunders, explained the new 'part-time' sentence will soften the blow of being sent to jail.
She said: "The impact of being sent to jail can sometimes have a devastating effect on people's lives.
"They can lose their accommodation, their jobs, sometimes their children go into care and obviously Morton Hall being a women's prison that is particularly pertinent to us.
"Therefore hopefully all of those things will be mitigated by the fact they will be able to maintain their lives outside while still serving their punishment for whatever crime they have committed."
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