A new publication issued last week by the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAPDC) says that Police forces, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), and health partners must improve practice to prevent deaths at the point of arrest, during, and after custody. The report has perhaps the longest formal… A new report brings together, for the first time, a wide range of policing practice across England and Wales ...
Tory former justice secretary and home secretary Ken Clarke has urged a reversal in the trend for increasing maximum prison sentences and a focus instead on rehabilitation. His comments followed criticism over a move to hold inmates in police cells after a surge in overcrowding in male prisons over the last few… Criticism follows need to use police cells to house people on remand ...
Last week (ironically on Friday) Simon Fell MP, the Conservative MP for Barrow and Furness, spoke in parliament on the second reading of his Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Private Members Bill. The Bill, which is supported by the Government, aims to introduce legislation which means that offenders scheduled… A Private Members Bill is the government’s chosen mechanism to implement the government’s pledge on Friday releases...
Official figures show that the prison system as a whole has been overcrowded in every year since 1994. Almost two in every three prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded (77 of the 120 prisons), with more than 15,900 people held in overcrowded accommodation—more than a fifth of the prison… We have always known that our prison system is overcrowded; it’s been that way for many years. ...
The research analysed the economic impacts of Restorative Justice interventions, including the impacts upon reoffending and its direct benefits to victims. What is restorative justice? Restorative Justice is a transformative tool that empowers everyone affected by crime to communicate and move forwards. Restorative Justice gives people who have been harmed… A new economic evaluation of Restorative Justice by the charity 'Why me?' compares restorative interventions for victims of crime and offenders with the conventional justice system. ...
Police cells could once more be used to house prisoners as the prison population continues to increase. Justice Minister Damian Hinds has today said that the MoJ has written to the NPCC to request the temporary use of up to 400 police cells. It’s part of an established protocol known… Operation Safeguard involves the use of police cells to hold prisoners. ...
The app was developed as part of an innovation challenge run by the MoJ within its Prison Leavers Project. Called “Turning Pages Digital”, the app was jointly developed by tech company Yalla Cooperative and the Shannon Trust – a charity which will be familiar to a large number readers from… The Ministry of Justice has today announced a new app to improve the literacy of people in prison and give them a better chance of finding work on release....
The review was undertaken by the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families, Isabelle Trowler and examines the decision-making process for prison mother and baby unit applications, and child and family social workers’ role in this. About Mother and Baby Units An MBU is part of a women’s prison where… Yesterday saw the publication of the Chief Social Worker’s review of decision-making in applications to prison Mother and Baby Units (MBUs). ...
Probation inspectors have today published their remaining inspections of London probation services, also known as Probation Delivery Units (PDUs), which have resulted in another set of poor ratings for the Capital. Lewisham and Bromley PDU was rated as ‘Inadequate’ – the lowest rating possible – with inspections of Newham PDU… Inspectors judged just one quarter of the cases they examined as being of a satisfactory standard in relation to their assessment of risk of serious harm. ...
The Justice Secretary Dominic Raab yesterday announced that all terrorist offenders who commit further crimes in jail – however minor – will be automatically referred within a week for a police investigation and potential prosecution. The purpose of the new measures is to increase the likelihood of them being locked… Under new guidelines terrorist offenders who commit crimes in jail will be automatically referred for a police investigation and potential prosecution. ...