Submitted on Wednesday 18th March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 2nd April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
release of prisoners who are low risk/serving less than 3 years/ minor offences
During this spread of Coronavirus, prisons have stated they will be going into lock down. What this means for prisoners:
- no visits from loved ones
- no daily regime such as education/Gym/socialising time on the wing
- less frequent or no showers
- no contact with friends and family
I am pleading for the government to consider the release of prisoners who fall into the following categories:
(A) Less than 3-4 years of their sentence remaining
(B) Serving a custodial sentence for a minor offence
(C) Low risk prisoners
however, for the prisoners that do not fall under this category, something needs to be put in place. It is simply inhumane to treat prisoners with such a lack of respect. Lockdown in prisons could potentially lead to a massive rise in suicides & concerned family’s
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305604
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