Diana Johnson defends Labour’s knife crime plan amid crisis in prison capacity in England and WalesLiberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has said that the Labour government’s policies are causing the cost of living crisis...
Read MoreSuccessive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report findsSuccessive governments’ overreliance on prison sentences and desire to seem...
Read MoreExclusive: Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison, says he plans to use interim payment to visit family in AustraliaAndrew Malkinson is to be given a payout by the Ministry of Justice, more than a year and a half after the...
Read MoreExclusive: Barristers also say offenders could pay compensation to victims, in effort to tackle court backlogFirst-time offenders in low-level crimes should be diverted from trials by paying compensation to victims or enrolling...
Read MoreInspectorate points to challenges including ban on using washing machines for knickers and difficulties with family contactWomen in prison are resorting to self-harm because of “astonishing gaps” in basic services...
Read MorePolice and probation services will be legally required to share with one another information that suggests offenders are risk to othersCoercive control is to be put on a par with other forms of domestic abuse in England and...
Read MoreAmid increasing drone use and drug-related violence, the prisons minister, James Timpson, is ‘beefing up’ measuresThe Prison Service is “beefing up” a cadre of officers dedicated to smashing gangs in...
Read MoreChief inspector of prisons issues warning after surge in weapons and drugs flown into high-security facilitiesDrones have become a “threat to national security”, the prisons watchdog has said, after a surge in the...
Read MoreUnions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and WalesThe government is considering relaxing the restrictions on inmates who can be sent to open...
Read MoreExclusive: tenfold increase in drone incidents since 2020 leads MPs to call for urgent action over security concernsPrisons will need more money to combat the rapid rise in drones delivering drugs, the head of an influential...
Read MoreMatthew Booth, from Bolton, is facing further time in jail after claims he has restarted a relationship with an exA Bolton man who is on the run after being recalled to prison indefinitely has made a direct plea to the justice...
Read MoreResearch for Lib Dems shows nearly 27,000 assaults were recorded last year, with about 3,200 deemed seriousAssaults in prisons have been rising with an average of 74 a day recorded in England and Wales last year, including 25...
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