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    Home - UK News - Sex offenders could face chemical castration under plans in sentencing review
    UK News Updated:May 22, 2025

    Sex offenders could face chemical castration under plans in sentencing review

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    • The proposed sentencing policy review could lead to sex offenders undergoing chemical castration, with widespread early release for certain inmates after serving only a third of their sentences.
    • The recommendations aim to decrease the prison population by 9,800 by 2028, with adjustments to how offenders are managed both inside and outside of prison.
    • Critics, including domestic abuse advocates, warn that these measures may undermine public safety and express concerns over the strain on probation services in managing released offenders.

    Sex offenders could face chemical castration under plans in sentencing review | UK News

    Sex offenders could face chemical castration and thousands of offenders will be released after serving a third of their jail term, under plans proposed in a sentencing policy review set to be accepted by ministers.

    The independent review, led by the former justice secretary David Gauke, was commissioned by the government amid an overcrowding crisis in prisons in England and Wales.

    It has made a series of recommendations with the aim of reducing the prison population by 9,800 people by 2028.

    The key proposal, which it is understood the government will implement, is a “progression model” – which would see offenders who behave well in jail only serve a third of their term in custody, before being released.

    The measure will apply to people serving standard determinate sentences, which is the most common type of jail term, being served by the majority of offenders.

    It will be based on sentence length, rather than offence type. That means sex offenders and domestic abusers serving sentences of under four years, could all be eligible for early release.

    The policy will mean inmates serve only a third of their sentence in prison, a third on licence in the community, with the remaining portion under no probation supervision at all.

    If the offender committed further offences in the “at risk” – or final – stages of their sentence, once out of prison, they would be sent back to jail to serve the remainder of the original sentence, plus time inside jail for the new offence.

    Chemical castration trial could be extended

    The government will also further the use of medication to suppress the sexual drive of sex offenders, which is currently being piloted in southwest England.

    The review recommended that chemical castration “may assist in management of suitable sex offenders both in prison and in the community”.

    Ministers are to announce plans for a nationwide rollout, and will first expand the use of the medication to 20 prisons across England.

    The justice secretary is also considering whether to make castration mandatory. It’s currently voluntary.

    Violent offenders who are serving sentences of four years or more could be released on licence after spending half of their sentence behind bars. This could be extended if they do not comply with prison rules. These prisoners would then be supervised in the community until 80% of their sentence.

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