Our prison and justice system is broken.
Yet people with up to 300 offences are avoiding prison sentences at court, according to the Crush Crime research group.
Third, if criminals are given community punishments instead of prison, these must still be tough and visible.
This has led to longer prison sentences, over-crowded jails and the early release of prisoners like Dowling-Brooks, he says.
But according to the Government’s prison sentencing adviser, David Gauke, ministers are guilty of being too hard on offenders.
