REPORT REVEALS PUBLIC’S CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
A new report and poll from the Common Ground Justice Project has explored the crisis…
PRISONS IN ENGLAND AND WALES ASKED TO ADD SECOND BEDS, BREACHING SAFETY LIMITS
The Guardian has reported that the Prison Service has drawn up plans to “double up”…
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRISONS WARNS OVERCROWING WILL PERSIST DESPITE EARLY RELEASES
HM Inspectorate of Prisons has responded to the government’s plans to increase the number of…
STAFFING SHORTAGES RENDER NEW £38 MILLION JAIL WING REDUNDANT
A new prison wing at HMP Norwich, intended to provide an additional 170 extra cells,…
NEW MOJ REPORT EXAMINES THE RISE IN PRISON VIOLENCE
A new report published by the Ministry of Justice has examined the cause in the…
HOWARD LEAGUE RESPONDS TO GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR ‘LARGEST PRISON BUILDING PROGRAMME SINCE VICTORIAN ERA’
On 1st September, Lord Chancellor Alex Norris announced the largest prison building programme since the…
THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGING RISING TEMPERATURES IN PRISONS
In response to the recent, record-breaking temperatures, Inspectors have raised increasing concerns over an ‘outdated’…
PRIME MINISTER PLEDGES TO END INDEFINITE JAIL TERMS
Campaigners have hailed Andy Burnham’s pledge to bring an end to indefinite jail terms as…
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRISONS URGES WEST MIDLANDS POLICE NOT TO SEND MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE TO PRISON
The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, has called upon West Midlands Police to stop…
TASERS ULTIMATELY NEVER FIRED DURING FIRST NINE MONTHS OF PRISON TRIAL
Tasers were deployed five times but were never fired during the first nine months of…
IMB RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER THE IMPACT OF HEATWAVES IN PRISON
The Interim Chair of the Independent Monitoring Board recently wrote to HMPPS to raise serious…
REPORT MAKES KEY RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF POST-RELEASE DEATHS
A new report from Nacro recommends that much more be done to reduce the risk…