PSPOs give local councils the powers to prohibit or require certain behaviours to take place within a defined geographical location. Under the Home Office remit of improving the quality of life for the 'law abiding majority', many councils have created PSPOs with multiple prohibitions ranging from littering, to aggressive begging, and foul and abusive language.
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Public Spaces Protection Orders: a new, unregulated frontier in criminalisation
Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) hit the headlines in May 2018 when the Guardian reported that hundreds of homeless people in England and Wales are being fined and imprisoned. PSPOs give local councils the powers to prohibit or require certain behaviours to take place within a defined geographical location