Violent offenders, paedophiles and homophobic assailants are amongst those that have averted prison sentences after their instances had been affected by lengthy delays within the felony justice system, ministers are being warned. An extended-running courtroom […]
A Metropolitan police custody sergeant who gave evidence that he had checked on Sean Rigg at the inquest into the 40-year-old’s death has admitted in court he “made a mistake”. Rigg died after collapsing in […]
In 2011, five men were sentenced to a total of 104 years for conspiracy to import £53m worth of cocaine. They have always said they are innocent. Now, as new evidence is due to be […]
The Government today said there are no plans to raise the age of criminal responsibility after the head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) raised debate over whether 10 is too young. Mr Hill, who […]
Inmates at Exeter Prison are having to spend 24 hours a day locked in their cells and are not even allowed out to wash due to restrictions caused by Covid-19. That is according to concerned […]
HMP Birmingham is a category B local prison serving courts across the West Midlands that we have heavily criticised in recent years. At the 2018 inspection, findings by Justice Inspectorates of Prisons an Urgent Notification […]
A fake court interpreter was able to translate evidence in 140 cases before being exposed following a high-profile grooming gang trial, a court has heard. Mirwais Patang, 27, worked for contracting giant Capita despite forging his qualifications, […]
Families of Manchester prisoners say they have been forgotten in the pandemic. In prisons, inmates have been consigned to their cells for up to 23 hours a day to try and prevent the spread of […]
The outbreak of Covid-19 at HMP Prison has further boosted the number of cases in Rutland, placing the county as among the country’s worse for infection. The government’s Covid-19 tracker reported 7 new cases yesterday, […]
The government has pledged to employ 150 former prisoners in the National Probation Service by April next year as it vowed to lead the way on changing attitudes to employing ex-offenders. Lucy Frazer, the prisons […]
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