Paedophiles and other sex criminals ‘will be CASTRATED’ under new Government plans

By IWAN STONE

Published: 01:51 BST, 22 May 2025 | Updated: 01:51 BST, 22 May 2025

Paedophiles and rapists could be castrated under new Government plans.

Drugs can be used to dull urges and slash offences by nearly two thirds, studied have shown. 

Now Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to be looking at plans to roll the treatment out across 20 prisons in England and Wales, ahead of a nationwide programme.

And she is reported to want to go further still – and is exploring whether the UK could adopt chemical castration for sex criminals.

‘For too long, we have turned a blind eye to the threat sex offenders pose, considering the solutions too difficult or unpalatable,’ a Government source told The Sun.

‘Shabana isn’t squeamish about doing what it takes to protect the public.

‘As always, she will grab this problem by the proverbials.’

The newspaper reports that plans for a small voluntary pilot have been rejected for not being tough enough.

Castration has already been used in some US states, including California, for offenders who have been released on parole. 

Drugs can be used to dull urges and slash offences by nearly two thirds, studied have shown. Pictured: File photo

Now Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood (pictured) is said to be looking at plans to roll the treatment out across 20 prisons in England and Wales, ahead of a nationwide programme

A poll in February found that more than two-thirds of voters under 30 believed sex offenders should be castrated.

The survey, by Find Out Now, recorded 67 per cent of them as being in favour of chemically castrating sex offenders and just 24 per cent opposed, reflecting the generation’s tough law-and-order attitude. 

Chemical castration is voluntary in German, France, Sweden and Denmark, and some sex offenders actively seek it out.

The process includes taking two drugs, one to limit sexual thoughts and the other to reduce testosterone and limit libido.

It has also been proposed by countries including Cyprus, as an alternative to serving life sentences. 

The proposal comes months after Kazakhstan announced the mass chemical castration of 11 paedophiles amid a campaign for the worst offenders to have their genitals surgically removed.

All the men reportedly ‘committed crimes against the sexual inviolability of minors’ in the Kostanay region in the north of the country.

Details were not given of the cases, but the child sex offenders were starting to forcibly receive libido-sapping injections.

Approval was given for the paedophiles to be jabbed 24 times a year at an annual cost of £278 each.

Kazakhstan has some of the toughest laws in the world on paedophiles.

Official information is published on their addresses after release from prison so parents can understand where potential danger is lurking.

The MoJ has been contacted for comment. 

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Paedophiles and other sex criminals ‘will be CASTRATED’ under new Government plans

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