UK prisons could run out of space within a year and only half of new places will be built
The ambitious 2021 plans to introduce 20,000 new prison places by the mid-2020s are set to be delivered five years behind ...
UK prisons predicted to hit capacity by 2026 despite government's expansion plans, MPs warn
The HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) remains operating 'hand to mouth', while the service acknowledges it as ...
Prison fights and violence surge as warning issued over 'pressure cooker' jails
MPs have warned the prison service is operating 'hand to mouth' as it scrambles from one crisis to another - with jails set to run out of space again next year ...
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Experts Call for UK Prison Reform, Emphasizing Alternatives to Custodial Sentencing
LONDON, UK - Experts and former professionals in the criminal justice system have voiced concerns about the overuse of prison ...
Prisons face ‘total gridlock’ in 2026 amid failure to increase capacity – MPs
A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity.
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New sentencing guidance improves current two-tier system
What is really needed is a properly resourced probation service that can write reports of sufficient quality to ensure that ...
Hotel worker ‘paid with her life’ for failures by police and prison system
Marta Elena Vento, 27, was working at the Travelodge in Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, when she was killed in a brutal ...
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Prison where drugs are rife can't install CCTV on outside wall as it's Grade II listed
"As part of our commitment to bear down on drugs in prison, HMP Maidstone is due to have a new CCTV system installed which will cover all internal and external areas. "This is on top of the prison ...
Crossbow killer will never get out of prison, judge says, as victims' family hit out at 'monster'
Kyle Clifford has been given a whole-life sentence for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, her sister Hannah and their mother Carol.
Drugs-blighted prison not allowed to install CCTV on its perimeter wall — because it is Grade II listed
A DRUGS-blighted prison has not been allowed to put CCTV on its perimeter wall — because it is Grade II listed. Planners will not permit it as the stone barrier, and the 206-year-old nick’s ...