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Protesters from Million Women Rise gather outside the Old Bailey in London, ahead of the sentencing of Jordan McSweeney for the murder of law graduate Zara Aleena. Picture date: Wednesday December 14, 2022.
A WATCHDOG has found major failings by probation officers in the handling of the case of Zara Aleena’s killer.
Jordan McSweeney, 29, had been released from jail just nine days before he stalked and killed the law graduate as she walked home from a friend’s house on June 26, 2022, in Ilford, Essex.
In a damning report, Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell highlighted a series of failings that resulted in probation officers wrongly assessing Mr McSweeney’s risk of serious harm to the public as “medium,” instead of “high.”
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Britain’s justice system is in disarray due to austerity and a dominant philosophy that pursues criminal justice solutions to social problems. It’s time for the left to provide an alternative, writes MARK BLAKE
