MPs have been told that morale amongst members of the PSNI is damaged when sentences perceived as lenient are given to offenders.

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Prison Governors' Association president Eoin McLennan-Murray says his members were criticised last year for their claims over the ineffectiveness of short-term prison sentences - claims which he says now form the focus of Justice Secretary Ken Clarke's rehabilitation policies.

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In the vast hall of Kuala Lumpur's World Trade Center, party members rose and applauded as he struggled through the final sentences.

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