Two in three violent offenders escape prison
Only one in three violent criminals are jailed while a similar number are handed a community order, figures show.
The scale of soft penalties for violent criminals will fuel concerns that offenders are not being properly punished for their crimes.
The Government already faces criticism that it is too light on offenders and has been forced in to action to increase penalties for knife offenders in the wake of the growing problem.
But the latest Ministry of Justice statistics show other offenders are getting non-custodial sentences.
The number of young offenders being given immediate custody has also fallen, and young adults down by a quarter.
And the proportion of drug offenders receiving custody also fell, even though the total number sentenced increased.
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