UK to chemically castrate serious sex offenders under new prisons plan

A national rollout covering 20 prisons will pilot the use of chemical castration of sex offenders and the Government is exploring whether it will be on a mandatory basis, the Justice Secretary has said.

Lewis Denison reports.

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