MPs call for short-sentence prisoners to be given vote
Prisoners serving short sentences or approaching the end of their time behind bars should be given the vote, an influential cross-party parliamentary committee has recommended.
Not giving prisoners vote 'undermines UK'
A refusal to act on a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that Britain's current ban on prisoner voting is unlawful would "undermine the standing of the UK," said a cross-parliamentary committee.
The committee wants prisoners who are nearing the end of their sentences to be able to vote and said the Government had failed to set out a "plausible" case for maintaining the existing blanket ban.
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