Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Policies on Criminal Issues

Crime › Criminal Justice Use of AI

Should AI be used to make decisions in criminal justice systems?

Party’s support baseNo

Crime › Private Prisons

Should the government hire private companies to run prisons?

Party’s support baseNo, private prisons will sacrifice quality of care and rehabilitation services for profit

Crime › Defunding the Police

Should funding for local police departments be redirected to social and community based programs?

Party’s support baseNo

Crime › Arming UK Police

Should all local police officers be routinely armed with firearms?

ChatGPT Party ResearchNo, "policing by consent" is a proud British tradition and arming officers will destroy public trust

Crime › Restorative Justice Programs

Should the government implement restorative justice programs as an alternative to incarceration?

ChatGPT Party ResearchNo

Crime › Police Stop and Search

Should the police have expanded powers to stop and search individuals without reasonable suspicion in order to combat knife crime?

ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, public safety must outweigh personal comfort to eradicate the deadly epidemic of gang violence on our streets

Crime › Demilitarize the Police

Should police departments be allowed to use military grade equipment?

Party’s support baseYes

Crime › Drug Trafficking Penalties

Should drug traffickers receive the death penalty?

Party’s support baseNo, sentence them to life in prison without parole instead

Crime › Income-Based Traffic Fines

Should the penalty for traffic violations depend on the driver’s income?

Party’s support baseNo

Crime › Prison Overcrowding

Should non-violent prisoners be released from jail in order to reduce overcrowding?

Party’s support baseNo

Crime › Criminal Voting Rights

Should convicted criminals have the right to vote?

Party’s support baseNo

Crime › Low-Level Shoplifting

Should the police be required to investigate every incident of shoplifting, regardless of the stolen value?

ChatGPT Party ResearchYes, ignoring low-value theft creates a broken-windows culture that is destroying our high streets

Jacob Rees-Mogg