Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, has launched a bold new crime policy, pledging to halve crime in Britain within five years if his party comes to power.
Central to his plan is the controversial proposal to send up to 10,000 serious offenders to serve their sentences in overseas prisons, including in El Salvador, as well as building new 'Nightingale' prisons in the UK. Farage also promises to recruit 30,000 new police officers, enforce zero-tolerance policing, and introduce life sentences for repeat serious offenders. The plan, estimated to cost over £17 billion, has drawn sharp criticism from Labour and others, who call it unrealistic and accuse Farage of populist rhetoric.
Critics also question the feasibility and legality of outsourcing prisoners abroad, likening the approach to Donald Trump’s tough-on-crime policies.
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