Read the recent article, Briefing 860 below, examining the facts around the imprisonment of women by barrister and PAS Women Prisoners’ Caseworker, Kate Lill, and Paramjit Ahluwalia, barrister, Lamb Building Chambers, in the Discrimination Law Association magazine.  They argue that women are currently gravely disadvantaged by a system largely designed by men for men and that the sentencing of women needs, and deserves, a gender specific approach.

Discrimination Law Association magazine article on Impact of Sentences on Women