British government considers chemical castration in plan to reduce prison population

A British authorities minister says she s not squeamish about the idea of chemical castration for male sex offenders and wants to make it mandatory The UK is considering a range of options from a new assessment which aims to cut the country s prison population by inmates to help alleviate chronic overcrowding Problematic sexual arousal and preoccupation can be reduced via chemical suppressants and other medications which can be prescribed for individuals who have committed a sexual offense under certain circumstances the new summary states Prisons in the south-west of England have been involved in a pilot initiative of chemical castrations since and Justice Minister Shabana Mahmood from the ruling Labour Party stated lawmakers in parliament on Thursday that the undertaking would expand to more prisons in two other regions of England UK LAWMAKERS VOTE AGAINST INQUIRY INTO 'RAPE GANG SCANDAL' AS MUSK KEEPS UP PRESSUREPrisoners would be given two drugs as part of the cure one limits sexual thoughts while the other reduces testosterone and problematic sexual arousal Inmates would also have ongoing counseling to treat their psychological issues such as a desire for sexual power and control One new research uncovered that reoffending rates were up to lower for prisoners who had received the rehabilitation For certain offending relates to power but for another subset of offenders the combination of chemical suppressants and psychological interventions can we believe have a big and positive impact Minister Mahmood informed parliament Initially the option for chemical castration rehabilitation would be only voluntary and curative ethicists say it could be a complication to force doctors to treat an inmate who doesn t want to have it done In Britain there is a strict tradition of informed therapeutic consent where a sufferer can refuse medicinal therapy and a physician can t ordinarily be forced to carry it out LOUISIANA BILL TO CASTRATE SEX OFFENDERS MOVING TOWARD GOVERNOR S DESK FOR SIGNATURESex offenders make up a vital percentage of the prison population in England and at the end of March more than of inmates were incarcerated on sex crimes charges The new account cautions that chemical castration should never be used as a jeopardy management tool or standalone rehabilitative offer and it is only appropriate for a limited number of sex offenders Chemical castration is already being used in particular other European prisons to treat sex offenders Agents in Sweden have been carrying out limited clinical trials on helpers at a Stockholm prison while in Germany and Denmark it is more widely used but still on a voluntary basis In Poland courts can pass a sentence of mandatory chemical castration for several categories of sex-offense prisoners Thursday s description written by a former administration minister from the Conservative Party also made four dozen recommendations to try and ease prison overcrowding These include giving fewer people jail sentences under months and encouraging other types of punishment instead such as group operation or fines evolving new policies for early release with good behavior for inmates and tagging all offenders who committed crimes of abuse against women and girls UK PM STARMER HITS BACK AGAINST MUSK ATTACKS ON CHILD GROOMING GANGSThe opposition Conservative Party has criticized the new account saying that by scrapping shorter prison sentences the authorities is effectively decriminalizing crimes like burglary theft and assault This is a gift to criminals who will be free to offend with impunity the party s justice spokesman Robert Jenrick communicated reporters However the analysis has been broadly welcomed by the Howard League for Penal Revision the world s oldest prison charity The governing body is taking an major step forward by accepting the bulk of the recommendations from this significant review says Chief Executive Andrea Coomber but she cautioned that the prisons problem will not be solved by half-measures Senior police officers have cautioned that if there will be fewer prisoners behind bars they need more tools to manage the exposure that offenders pose outside of jail