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12/11/2009

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Last broadcast on Thu, 12 Nov 2009, 09:00 on BBC Radio Scotland.

Synopsis

Are community sentences a soft touch?

Plans to scrap short-term prison sentences and replace them with community service orders have been rejected by a committee of MSPs. But is there any evidence short sentences work?

Graham Stewart takes your calls, texts and emails.

Guests

Paddy Scriven, general secretary of the Prison Governors Association;

David McKenna, Victim Support Scotland.

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  1. Thu 12 Nov 2009
    09:00
    BBC Radio Scotland

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60 minutes

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