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Welsh women need more support to stay out of prison, report finds
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WELSH women need more support to stay out of prison as the current inadequate support leads to reoffending, according to a Senedd report.

The equality and social justice committee is calling for responsibility around women’s involvement in the criminal justice system to be devolved to the Welsh government.

The committee found that prison sentences as short as a week are normal, despite offering no opportunity for rehabilitation.

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