Prisons inspectorate finds almost 100 children each year are remanded to custody only to be bailed or moved Children are witnessing extreme violence including stabbings while being unnecessarily held in custody awaiting trial or...
Read MoreMP Jess Phillips says sentences given to three boys in Hampshire ‘unduly lenient’ and send ‘bad message’The government is urgently reviewing the “unduly lenient” sentences given to three...
Read MoreJustice secretary’s white paper will overhaul youth justice rules and could end lifelong criminal records for under-18sDavid Lammy has promised to cut the number of children kept in jail while they await trial by a quarter...
Read MoreCampaigners saying public spaces protection orders also being used to criminalise wide range of everyday activitiesOne in five local councils have banned swearing under new “busybody” orders, up from one in 20...
Read MoreStacey Vint was a long-time addict when she was arrested in Middlesbrough, now she speaks publicly about her experienceThe footage spread quickly. A woman falling flat on her face while pushing a burning wheelie bin towards a...
Read MoreGeoffrey Robertson says proposals to reduce backlog are betrayal of party’s values and a ‘cure worse than the disease’The founder of Keir Starmer’s barristers’ chambers has condemned the planned...
Read MoreRebels put forward amendments to courts bill in attempt to stop government plans to cut back on jury trialsLabour MPs are hoping to hijack plans to cut back on jury trials in England and Wales by proposing specialist courts for...
Read MoreCharlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’Jailed criminals who are flooding prisons with drugs should be isolated like radical extremists and...
Read MoreAbout a quarter of prison places are unsafe, Ministry of Justice admitsThe government has reneged on a pledge to make all prison cells fire-safe or take them out of use by the end of next year, meaning tens of thousands of...
Read MoreHouse of Lords decision welcomed as ‘landmark moment’ after attempt to strike out amendment is defeatedUK politics live – latest updatesWomen who have been convicted, and in some cases jailed, over illegal...
Read MoreMost dangerous offenders on probation will now be watched more closely than ever before, says governmentTens of thousands of offenders will be released from prisons in England and Wales wearing tags that track their location in...
Read MoreMP for Warrington North shares her experience as a complainant in a rape trial where the man she accused was acquittedStanding up in parliament last week, Charlotte Nichols MP waived her right to anonymity as a complainant of...
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