Sentencing guidelines for modern slavery offences published

The Sentencing Council has published new
guidelines for sentencing modern slavery offences, after consultation on
the proposed guidelines earlier this year.

PRT provided detailed evidence
to the consultation on the proposed guideline and welcome publication of the
new guideline.

In particular, we are pleased to see changes made by the
Council to the guideline include two recommendations put forward in PRT
evidence to the consultation:

• The guideline now
  recognises previous victimisation as a factor indicating reduced
  culpability (this change is based on a recommendation made by the
  Sentencing Academy and supported by PRT)

• The guideline now has
  reduced sentencing levels including more options for community penalties
  at the lower end of culpability and harm

Our full submission to the Council’s consultation is
available here.

The Council’s response to the consultation is available here.