- New proposals in England and Wales will grant judges powers to impose tougher community sentences on convicted criminals.
- These new powers could include banning offenders from pubs, music concerts, sports events, restricting driving, and imposing travel bans or specific restriction zones.
- The measures will apply to those given community or suspended sentences, and to prisoners released on licence, with expanded mandatory drug testing also introduced.
- Offenders who breach these conditions face being recalled to court for more severe punishment, with monitoring by probation officers.
- Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood stated these reforms aim to ensure crime does not pay and are part of wider efforts to cut crime and manage prison overcrowding.
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Pub, concert and sport bans proposed under new sentencing powers
