Sunak says he wants more people in jail to make the streets safer for women

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Rishi Sunak said he was ready to see more people behind bars to make the streets safer for women and girls like his own daughters.

The Prime Minister has admitted that as a man he may have taken personal safety on the streets 'for granted' and that the vulnerability of women and girls has only been 'told' to him. 'after his 11-year-old daughter, Krishna, wanted to start walking to primary school on her own.

And he said the need to crack down on violent crime was forced upon him by the tragic death of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool in August.

Mr. Sunak said that as a matter of principle he wants to reduce crime and accepts that means putting more people in jail.

"Probably a logical consequence, catching more criminals is going to be part of that, that's why we are building 10,000 more prison places over the next few years,” he said.

“We are doing this to make sure we have prison capacity for this.

"I watched this as Chancellor - if you put more police on the streets and tackle more crime, you're going to end up with more people in jail."< /p>< p>Summarizing his position during a conversation with reporters during his trip to Indonesia this week, he said, "We should charge more people, reduce crime and put them in jail."

M. Sunak said his thinking about crime was heavily influenced by his experience as a father.

"I come to it as a parent," he said. "I have two young daughters and my eldest is at the age where she is starting to walk on her own - or wants to.

"It was because she was going to start walking until at his primary school. The last term of her primary school, she turned 11, then she was allowed to walk to school on her own. and his position now means his ability to do so will be limited for security reasons.

But he said, "You know, it brings him home. It brings you home as a than a parent… And again in the summer, with the horrible things we heard about with young daughter Olivia.

"I want to make sure my kids and everyone else can walk around safely. security. This is what every parent wants for their children. This is what everyone particularly wishes for his wife or sister...