A small number of inmates on day release will be allowed to vote, replacing the current blanket ban Pal Faith/PAFewer than 100 prisoners will get the right to vote under government proposals announced yesterday to end a 12-year dispute with the European Court of Human Rights. Prison rules will be changed under the plan to allow up to 100 short-sentenced inmates at any one time to vote while they are out on day release. The plan announced by David Lidington, the justice secretary, replaces the existing blanket ban but does not give the vote to anyone who is behind bars. It is likely that it will be made clear to offenders on entering prison that they have lost their voting rights. The Ministry of Justice believes that the plan will end a dispute over a European Court of Human Rights ruling in 2005 that…

Source: The Times November 03, 2017 02:37 UTC