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New Prison Service policy on sentence planning
A new prison service instruction is set to improve sentencing planning for prisoners, especially for...
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Peers win vote for women’s justice
Peers have backed an important amendment to the Crime and Courts Bill requiring contracts made with ...
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200 deaths of imprisoned children and young people in ten years – new report calls for urgent action
A new evidence based report examining the experiences and treatment of children and young people who...
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More prisoners could stay out for good
Enabling prisoners to take responsibility for their own resettlement is key to helping them address ...
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Prison is punishment enough
The punitive language of retribution ignores common sense, justice and compelling evidence of wha...
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People want offenders to make amends, new poll reveals
ICM survey results offer massive vote of support for community payback and restorative justice. The ...
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Briefing published ahead of Lords debate on sentencing
As the House of Lords turns its focus in committee to debating the sentencing section of the Legal A...
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Justice Bill – an opportunity to get to grips with a distorted system
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill presents an opportunity to get to grips w...
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Youth Justice Board reprieved
The coalition Government has abandoned plans to axe the Youth Justice Board, justice minister Lord M...
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What price women’s justice? We need your help
Too many vulnerable women are unnecessarily sent to the UK’s prisons for non-violent offences, whi...
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Save our failing justice system
An ICM poll last week revealed that the overwhelming majority want a system where offenders are requ...
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Restoring Justice After the Riots
People will be looking to our courts and prisons to deliver justice in the weeks and months ahead as...
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Record high prison population
The Ministry of Justice today announced a new record number of people held in prisons in England and...
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Why the number of under 18 year olds in custody has reduced by a third
The number of children imprisoned in England and Wales has fallen from about 3,000 in the first half...
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PRT comments on prison competition strategy and prison closures
The government announced today its plans to close two prisons and put the management of nine prisons...
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Pushing up prison numbers isn’t the answer
Reform of our justice system is at the centre of parliamentary debate. Today sees the second reading...
