Review for England and Wales will look at punishing thousands more offenders within community amid prisons overcrowding crisisJudges could be given powers to impose a punishment of house arrest on criminals under a comprehensive...
Read MoreThe former Conservative justice secretary is on a shortlist to lead a policy review that could herald radical reforms Keir Starmer is considering appointing former Tory justice secretary David Gauke to head a review into...
Read MoreFamilies of women who were murdered at home by a man call on MPs to change UK’s ‘misogynistic’ lawsUK politics live – latest updatesA series of seven blue and black plaques have been fixed to properties...
Read More‘Two-tier policing’ claims are nonsense, but government is guilty of ‘two-tier sentencing’, says green energy boss Dale VinceA Labour donor has called on the government to review a sentencing regime that...
Read MoreUK government plans to double number of offenders on devices aimed at reducing alcohol-driven crime The number of offenders fitted with “sobriety tags” which can tell probation officers if they have been drinking and...
Read MoreMore than 9,000 people given six to 12 months for shoplifting in past two years would now be made to do community serviceShoplifters will benefit most from the government’s plans to impose a moratorium on jail sentences of...
Read MorePM to announce tougher sentences for rapists and killers ahead of upcoming general electionRishi Sunak’s first king’s speech will include a series of hardline criminal justice measures promising tougher sentences for...
Read MoreGovernment sources say proposals will apply to those serving a sentence of less than four yearsUK politics live – latest updatesThousands of prisoners are to be released up to 18 days early as part of plans drawn up by...
Read MoreJudges to be given new powers under proposed laws, after high-profile offenders failed to appear for hearingsJudges will be given the power to order an offender to attend a sentencing hearing, including by force if necessary,...
Read MoreLicence period could be terminated from five years after release instead of current 10 years, in ‘positive step’Prisoners released on licence after serving time under an abolished and much-maligned indefinite...
Read MoreObserver investigation finds system is in ‘worst state ever’ as senior figures warn of inmates ‘being warehoused’The vast majority of prisons are providing inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment,...
Read MoreMove follows pressure from campaigners such as Julie Devey and Carole Gould whose daughters were murderedDomestic abusers in England and Wales who kill their partners or ex-partners are to face tougher sentences under government...
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