UK: Scheme to jail Britons overseas ‘should only apply to men’

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'She called on the Government to amend its Criminal Justice Bill, which would grant ministers the power to detain UK prisoners in overseas jails, so that women are excluded.

Speaking at a Public Bill Committee meeting on January 18, where MPs were debating details of the proposed measures, Phillips said: “Data shows that women prisoners are predominantly victims of domestic and sexual violence, which is often a pathway to their offending. Would it not be better to put on the face of the Bill that women are carved out? … I am afraid to say that Governments are not always great on the issue of women in prison—not just this Government, but any Government, including any that might come in—so would it not be better to include that safeguard?”'