Rejected petition Petition for using national service as a sentence for convicted criminals

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A petition to use national service as a sentencing method for convicted criminals.

This will solve problems with prison overcrowding, defence spending and rehabilitation of prisoners enabling them to finish their sentence with better career prospects.

This petition is to ensure that the government research this issue and put any recommendations into practice.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 4 August 2011
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