Criminal justice experts brought together by the government are drawing up a new strategy to cut the number of women being sent to prison - as figures show that two thirds of female prisoners say they've been victims of domestic violence.
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The Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said it was time to find better ways of helping vulnerable women to turn their lives around and stop the revolving door of crime.
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