A Look at Financial Crime and Pregnancy in Prison

By Dr Felicity Gerry QC and Dr Lucy Baldwin

Following on from our Financial Crime and Pregnancy in Prison Webinar –

Financial Crime & Pregnancy In Prison – Webinar Video

The current international guidelines (the Bangkok Rules) are such that sentencers are supposed to reserve custody for women in only the most extreme of circumstances.

We ask the question – why are pregnant women being sent to prison at all for financial crime – whatever the figures?

Dr Felicity Gerry QC and Dr Lucy Baldwin have decades of experience between them on the shocking circumstances for pregnant women in UK prisons.

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