Best of 2024: As a teenager, John was jailed for assaulting someone and stealing their bike. That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released? – podcast #Prisonsandprobation #Mentalhealth #Sentencing
Life inside a therapeutic prison: ‘Look, we’ve done some terrible things ...’ #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Law
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Law Labour urged to scrap £4bn Tory mega-jails plan and fund rehabilitation: Exclusive: Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick says money would be better spent preventing crime
Ministers should scrap Conservative plans to build new…
#UKcriminaljustice #Prisonsandprobation #UKnews #Law UK government will not repay some ‘bed and board’ deductions to wrongfully imprisoned: Miscarriage of justice victims say policy that takes money from their compensation payouts is additional punishment
A government minister has ruled out…
#Prisonsandprobation #UKnews #Farright #ShabanaMahmood Ministers prepare extra 500 prison places for accused far-right rioters: Measures brought forward to speed up renovation and make more cells available amid overcrowding crisis
Ministers are preparing an additional 500 prison places to cope…
#Prisonsandprobation #Crime #UKnews #UKcriminaljustice Labour must focus on the prison population | Letters: Crisis could be averted by not imprisoning mothers, non-payers of taxes and fines, and non-violent protesters, write Liz Middleton and Gail Coles
Half a century ago we were involved with…
#UKcriminaljustice #Prisonsandprobation #MillyDowler #Humanrights Serial killer Levi Bellfield blocked from having civil partnership: New law comes into force stopping most serious offenders getting married or entering into civil partnerships behind bars
The serial killer Levi Bellfield has been…
#Prisonsandprobation #Women #Crime #UKcriminaljustice Women’s prisons have served their time. They should be abolished: Prisons are not safe spaces for women – and many of the inmates should not be there in the first place. It’s time for a radical rethink
For a long time, I thought one of my most…
#Prisonsandprobation #Politics #RishiSunak #Labour Sunak rejected advice to release prisoners early while PM: Discussions took place in June 2023 but aides thought backbenchers would reject proposal to ease overcrowding
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#Prisonsandprobation #Crime #UniversityofHertfordshire #HomeOffice Barry Snelgrove obituary: My former colleague Barry Snelgrove, who has died aged 68 of cancer, was a forward thinking senior probation officer. He was involved in a number of groundbreaking initiatives throughout his career before…
#Prisonsandprobation #Society #Law #UKcriminaljustice MoJ planning to reduce time high-risk offenders spend in hostel supervision: Maximum hostel stays for serious offenders such as freed rapists and murderers to be cut from 12 to eight weeks
The Ministry of Justice is planning to cut the length…
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #ShabanaMahmood #Politics About 5,500 prisoners to be released early in England and Wales: Justice secretary says temporary scheme in September and October will ‘avert disaster’ in overcrowding crisis
About 5,500 offenders will be released early from prison…
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Labour #JamesTimpson Take it from a former prisons inspector: letting offenders out early won’t fix our broken system | Anne Owers: The justice secretary’s plan may free places, but funding is desperately needed for probation and community care
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#Prisonsandprobation #Crime #UKnews #Police Fears UK prisons face ‘collapse’ as they could be full before early release scheme begins: With Labour plan not coming into effect until September, ex-prison governor says emergency measures can only ‘keep a lid on things’
Prisons could still hit full…
#Prisonsandprobation #Crime #UKnews #Police Fears UK prisons face ‘collapse’ as they could be full before early release scheme begins: With Labour plan not coming into effect until September, ex-prison governor says emergency measures can only ‘keep a lid on things’
Prisons could still hit full…
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #ShabanaMahmood #Law Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’: Justice secretary says 1,000 probation officers will also be recruited ‘to avert disaster’ in England and Wales
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#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #ShabanaMahmood #Law Thousands of prisoners to be released early to avoid ‘total breakdown of law and order’: Justice secretary says 1,000 probation officers will also be recruited ‘to avert disaster’ in England and Wales
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#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Law #Society Over 10,000 prisoners were freed up to 70 days early by Sunak’s government: New justice secretary is preparing to announce further emergency measures to ease overcrowding crisis in jails
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Rishi Sunak’s…
#Politics #UKnews #Labour #Prisonsandprobation Justice secretary set to announce plans on prisons overcrowding crisis – UK politics live: Shabana Mahmood to set out emergency measures, which could include reducing the time before some prisoners are automatically released
The Justice Secretary is…
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Crime #UKnews Colin Pitchfork parole hearing will not be held in public after ‘fresh allegations’: Parole Board apologises to families of child killer’s victims after unspecified ‘unforeseeable developments’
The parole hearing for Colin Pitchfork, who was…
#Prisonsandprobation #KeirStarmer #HomeOffice #UKcriminaljustice Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared: Government to announce terms which could free more than 20,000 inmates in coming months to manage capacity
The “shocking” prisons crisis is even worse than…
#Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Prisonsandprobation #Labour Prisons crisis must not jeopardise Labour’s pledge on domestic abuse, Starmer told: Government adviser warns effort to halve violence against women and girls will increase numbers heading to nearly full jails
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#Prisonsandprobation #JamesTimpson #UKcriminaljustice #Law The Guardian view on overcrowded prisons: James Timpson’s arrival is a signal of hope | Editorial: A strong emphasis on rehabilitation is what the justice ministry and Prison Service need
The appointment of James Timpson as prisons…
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Labour Labour consider plan to release prisoners after 40% of sentence served: Proposal is one of several being looked at by Ministry of Justice to address the ‘acute’ prison crisis
Labour is considering plans to release offenders after they serve…
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Conservatives #Politics As an ex-prison officer, here’s what I think about the Wandsworth jail sex video scandal | Alex South: The film of an officer allegedly having sex with an inmate in a cell has gone viral. I worry that cuts create conditions in which…
#Generalelection2024 #Ukraine #Prisonsandprobation New prime minister will face a range of urgent priorities from day one: An imminent Nato summit, bursting prisons and another strike by junior doctors for starters mean whoever takes the keys to No 10 will have little to no time to celebrate
The…
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Conservatives #UKnews Prison rehabilitation numbers down 74% since 2010, MoJ data shows: Almost 12,000 fewer inmates completed offender management courses than when David Cameron took office
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The number of prisoners…