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PM abandons plan discounts of 50% of prison sentences for early guilty pleas and promises to make life sentences mandatory

, David Cameron has outlined plans to offer a larger number of sentences of life and increase the amount of time serious offenders spend in prison, in a political sense important.

The Prime Minister also confirmed its decision to abandon its plans to offer 50% discount of sentence for offenders with early guilty pleas in the midst of tabloid accusations that the government was "soft justice ".

Cameron at a press conference in No 10 that dangerous criminals are locked up "for a very long time," as he describes his mission to ensure that families can "feel safe their homes "and the streets.

Labour leader, Ed Miliband, made the decision turned, saying he was "an example of this government is not in contact, and make proposals that were then to give up."

Cameron told reporters that the sentences were too lenient and criminals who sent the "wrong message" if the plans had gone ahead to halve the prison terms for offenders who plead guilty quickly.

Kenneth Clarke's initial proposal

Green Paper is expected to produce savings of £ 210 000 000 a year by reducing the demand for prison places by 6000. Justice Ministry officials estimated that this would reduce the record of 85,000 prisoners in England and Wales in 3000 when the next general election.

savings of 100 million pounds, which were made by plans now rather than sought by "more efficient" elsewhere in the department of the secretary of justice.

Cameron also denied that the turn was a sign of weakness of the government, insisting that the opportunity to review the policy after consultation shows the "strength" and leadership.

Talking

its decision to eliminate plans for reduction of sentence, said Cameron. "The sentence was too would be the decision of the judge, and this is simply not acceptable to the sentence was too lenient, it sent the wrong message to criminals and erode public confidence in the system."

In another change of plans for the original sentence, Cameron announced a review of indeterminate sentences.

"We will review the current emergency system and replace it with an alternative that is transparent, robust and better understood by the public," he said.

This alternative system would include a "greater number of life sentences, including mandatory sentences for repeat offenders and more serious," he said.

"Instead of serious offenders, sexual and violent to be released half of their sentence, we propose to spend at least two thirds of his sentence in prison, and that these offenders should never be published early, without the parole board is satisfied that it is safe to let that happen. "

dangerous criminals must also participate in programs of mandatory prison sentences for the cook to change their behavior, said Cameron. The legislation is expected in the fall.

The Prime Minister said the government had inherited a "very expensive" prison was "no" and "in urgent need of reform."

Each costs £ 45 000 instead of prison a year, but half of those released from prison reoffend within the year.

Acknowledging criticism of the proposal to offer more discount of sentence, Cameron said the government always pays the expenses necessary to preserve public safety and to punish criminals and to reduce the prison population reducing non-sentences, but "doing prison labor."

"The hard, strong to do is say," Yes, we can make better plans, "he said, adding that this was what the government had done so in the sentence and the NHS.

"Not for one minute think it is somehow weak to listen and act, is a sign of strength and confidence."

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