Criminals who refuse to attend their sentencing could lose prison privileges under new rules giving wider powers to judges in England and Wales.
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Judges would be able to confine prisoners to cells for weeks and block them from prison visits for refusing to face their victims or their victims' families in court.
They already face a fine or a longer sentence.
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