联合王国将自愿施用化学品的范围扩大到20所监狱,以减少性犯罪罪犯的累犯。 UK expands voluntary chemical castration to 20 prisons to reduce sex offender recidivism.

联合王国政府正在将针对性犯罪者的自愿化学催化试点方案扩大到英格兰西北和东北部的20所监狱,这是在西南部成功进行试验之后进行的。 The UK government is expanding a voluntary chemical castration pilot program for sex offenders to 20 prisons in north-west and north-east England, following a successful trial in the south-west. 治疗用药物减少有问题的性兴奋症,目的是帮助改变行为,防止再犯,特别是强奸和诱奸等罪行。 The treatment, which uses medication to reduce problematic sexual arousal, aims to help change behavior and prevent reoffending, particularly crimes like rape and grooming. 这一扩大是《判刑法案》的一部分,它支持更广泛的改革,以解决监狱人满为患问题和减少累犯现象。 The expansion, part of the Sentencing Bill, supports broader reforms to address jail overcrowding and reduce recidivism. 大约6 400名罪犯将获得药物,同时接受心理治疗,尽管这种治疗可能不适用于受权力或控制驱动的人,而不适用于性关注者。 Around 6,400 offenders will gain access to the medication alongside psychological treatment, though the therapy may not apply to those driven by power or control rather than sexual preoccupation.