The show depicts prisons as places characterised by violence and isolation, with no focus on rehabilitation. It’s depressingly accurateAlex South is a former prison officer and the author of the memoir Behind These DoorsThe new...
Read MoreThe current system is unable to quench the public thirst for locking people up – and certainly doesn’t ensure proper care once they are releasedPublic services need more investment across the board. Every day, another wretched...
Read MoreThe third series of Jimmy McGovern’s breathtaking series Time stars David Tennant – and just be its best ever. We go behind the scenes“I don’t think you would find a young offender institution (YOI) in which stories like these...
Read MoreParty formally adopts policy which equates Zionism with racism, as all Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racismOn Friday the Times revealed that Katie Lam, the communities secretary, told a meeting in...
Read MoreConservative leader defends plan to extend free childcare to high earners, as Tory conference begins in Birmingham todayOn Friday the Times revealed that Katie Lam, the communities secretary, told a meeting in private earlier...
Read MoreConservative leader defends plan to extend free childcare to high earners, as Tory conference begins in Birmingham todayOn Friday the Times revealed that Katie Lam, the communities secretary, told a meeting in private earlier...
Read MoreShadow justice secretary says despite U-turn Labour are still ‘restricting juries by the back door’, as Conservative conference begins in BirminghamGood morning. Anthony Seldon recently published the latest in his long and...
Read MoreLondon mayor’s office says he is ‘victim of a scam’ after conviction under fast-track system where magistrates can decide outcomes in secondsUK politics live – latest updatesSadiq Khan’s office has revealed he was the victim of...
Read MoreLondon mayor convicted under ‘conveyor-belt justice’ system where magistrates can decide outcomes in secondsUK politics live – latest updatesThe London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has been convicted and fined for not taxing a 24-year-old...
Read MoreOffences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisisGrooming gang perpetrators and killers including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death will be blocked from...
Read MoreOffences including manslaughter have been excluded from changes to sentencing rules amid an overcrowding crisisGrooming gang perpetrators and killers including those responsible for PC Andrew Harper’s death will be blocked from...
Read MoreCampaigners welcome plan to bring IPP sentences to a close but say the move is long overdueCampaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as “a day that thousands of families have spent...
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