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31 Jan 19
The justice secretary has admitted that record levels of self-harm, assaults and attacks on staff in prisons are “disturbing”.
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30 Jan 19
Community sentences should be more widely used as they are cheaper and result in lower re-offending rates, argues Reform’s Aidan Shilson-Thomas.
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22 Nov 18
The Ministry of Justice’s estate is an “embarrassment” after “a long history of underfunding”, according to the lord chief justice.
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20 Sep 18
A reduction in child arrests is obviously good for the young people themselves - but also for public services, says the Howard League for Penal Reform’s Andrew Neilson.
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3 Sep 18
Overcrowding, underfunding and a high staff turnover have left English prisons “in crisis”, with rising levels of violence, reform campaigners have told PF.
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20 Aug 18
The government has today taken over the running of HMP Birmingham days after a shocking inspector’s report on the privately-managed men’s prison.
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27 Jul 18
Contracts between probation services and private companies are to be cut short just three years after rehabilitation services were outsourced.
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24 Jul 18
A trade union leader has attacked the decision to fund pay rises for a million public sector workers from existing departmental budgets for spelling further cuts to jobs and services.
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16 Jul 18
Staff cuts have contributed to a rise in violence and deteriorating conditions in prisons, according to chief inspector Peter Clarke.
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10 Oct 17
Prisons in England and Wales are “full to bursting”, underfunded, understaffed and recent reforms have “failed miserably” to address problems with the service.
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1 Aug 17
The Ministry of Justice three times breached Treasury guidelines in errors over prison officers’ pay.
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3 Jul 17
The government does not know the extent of the mental health problem in prisons nor how much it will cost to address, the National Audit Office has found.
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22 Mar 17
Plans for four prisons capable of holding 5,000 inmates have been announced by the Ministry of Justice today.
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22 Feb 17
Greater criminal justice devolution could help reduce reoffending rates, a review has found.
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20 Feb 17
Justice secretary Liz Truss has announced an immediate pay hike of up to £5,000 for prison officers at 31 jails across London and the South East in order to tackle a crisis that has seen an...
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28 Nov 16
Prison reform campaigners are calling for a greater investment in prison staff after figures showed prisoner suicides have reached the highest level since recording began in 1978.
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24 Oct 16
Prison and probation services are failing to protect the public from reoffending and should be devolved in England and Wales, the RSA think-tank has said.
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18 May 16
Radical reforms to the way prisons are managed have been outlined in the Queen’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament today, and a bill to overhaul local government finance will also be included...
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8 Feb 16
David Cameron is set to announce plans to counter the “scandalous failure” of Britain’s prisons, including a pilot scheme that will delegate more control to prison governors.
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18 Jan 16
City mayors should be given control of some areas of criminal justice spending in order to allow local authorities to develop new approaches to cut offending, the Institute for Public Policy Research...
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13 Nov 15
Abolishing prison sentences of 12 months or less could deliver significant savings to the public purse as well as improve the quality of justice in Scotland, a leading penal reform campaigner...
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9 Nov 15
Nine new prisons are to be built under a shake up of the criminal justice estate that will see Victorian city centre prisons sold off for housing development.
31 Jan 19The justice secretary has admitted that record levels of self-harm, assaults and attacks on staff in prisons are “disturbing”.
22 Nov 18The Ministry of Justice’s estate is an “embarrassment” after “a long history of underfunding”, according to the lord chief justice.
20 Sep 18A reduction in child arrests is obviously good for the young people themselves - but also for public services, says the Howard League for Penal Reform’s Andrew Neilson.
3 Sep 18Overcrowding, underfunding and a high staff turnover have left English prisons “in crisis”, with rising levels of violence, reform campaigners have told PF.
20 Aug 18The government has today taken over the running of HMP Birmingham days after a shocking inspector’s report on the privately-managed men’s prison.
24 Jul 18A trade union leader has attacked the decision to fund pay rises for a million public sector workers from existing departmental budgets for spelling further cuts to jobs and services.
1 Aug 17The Ministry of Justice three times breached Treasury guidelines in errors over prison officers’ pay.
18 May 16Radical reforms to the way prisons are managed have been outlined in the Queen’s Speech at the state opening of Parliament today, and a bill to overhaul local government finance will also be included...
9 Nov 15Nine new prisons are to be built under a shake up of the criminal justice estate that will see Victorian city centre prisons sold off for housing development.
