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Articles tagged with: prisons
Dominic Raab Tells Businesses To Hire Ex-Offenders To Tackle Staff Shortages
Home affairs
Dominic Raab Tells Businesses To Hire Ex-Offenders To Tackle Staff Shortages
Businesses should “come and talk” to the justice department about hiring former prisoners to fill the current shortage of workers, Dominic Raab has said.
Smarter sentencing is not harsher sentencing
Home affairs
By Nina Champion, Dr. Laura Janes, Dr. Kate Paradine, Dr. Jonathan Bild
Smarter sentencing is not harsher sentencing
The Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill will see people convicted of more serious offences spending a lot longer in prison, but there is no evidence to support this. Instead, government should improve education and other rehabilitative opportunities in prisons.
Covid has highlighted how our prisons are stuck in the past
Home affairs
By Richard Garside
Covid has highlighted how our prisons are stuck in the past
Coming to terms with our overuse of imprisonment and charting a way to a lower-imprisonment future, could form part of a fitting legacy of the Covid-19 crisis.
Locked up in lockdown: the devastating effect of Covid on the prison population
Home affairs
By Adam Payne
Locked up in lockdown: the devastating effect of Covid on the prison population
Confined to their cells for 23 hours a day and curbs places on education and therapy sessions. The pandemic has taken its toll on prisoners and staff, and prompted renewed warnings that many of Britain’s jails are not fit for purpose.
Labour Calls For Urgent Action To Tackle 'Horrendous' Delays To Court Cases
Coronavirus
Labour Calls For Urgent Action To Tackle "Horrendous" Delays To Court Cases
Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy has urged ministers to introduce temporary courts and cut the size of juries in order to tackle a growing backlog of unheard court cases. 
Continued mismanagement and outsourcing of our Prison Service has failed the taxpayer and prisoners
Home affairs
By Shabana Mahmood MP
Continued mismanagement and outsourcing of our Prison Service has failed the taxpayer and prisoners
Inadequate planning, unrealistic assumptions and poor performance have all resulted in a Prison Service which operates hand to mouth, rather than with a view to a long term strategy.
Older prisoners may be serving their time, but our jails aren't fit for the elderly
Social affairs
By Sir Robert Neill MP
Older prisoners may be serving their time, but our jails aren't fit for the elderly
With an ageing prison population living in an outdated estate, more work must be done to keep elderly prisoners healthy and help them rehabilitate
Rehabilitation and employability programmes serve as a lifeline for many women leaving prison
Home affairs
By Carolyn Harris MP
Rehabilitation and employability programmes serve as a lifeline for many women leaving prison
The stigma of having a criminal record makes it challenging for women to find a job, these attitudes amongst employers, the media and the public must change to prevent re-offending.
Homelessness and lack of stable housing is landing more released prisoners back in jail, watchdog warns ministers
Communities
Homelessness and lack of stable housing is landing more released prisoners back in jail, watchdog warns ministers
Widespread homelessness and a lack of stable housing is pushing released prisoners to reoffend and end up back behind bars, a new report has warned.
Ministers announce plans to end privatisation of probation services in major overhaul of Grayling-era reforms
Coronavirus
Ministers announce plans to end privatisation of probation services in major overhaul of Grayling-era reforms
Ministers have announced plans to nationalise probation services in England and Wales, marking an end to reforms brought in by former Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
Coronavirus is a perfect storm in our overcrowded prisons
Coronavirus
By Lord German
Coronavirus is a perfect storm in our overcrowded prisons
Our prisons are incubators, pumping the virus and spreading it to the community both within and outside their walls. The government must accelerate the release scheme, only then will prisons have the space to isolate and undertake social distancing.
Courts facing record backlogs over coronavirus outbreak, think tank warns
Coronavirus
Courts facing record backlogs over coronavirus outbreak, think tank warns
Prisons and courts are facing record overcrowding and backlogs as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, a think tank has said
Only 33 prisoners released early under coronavirus scheme as minster admits progress ‘careful and slow’
Coronavirus
Only 33 prisoners released early under coronavirus scheme as minster admits progress ‘careful and slow’
Just 33 prisoners have been released early from prison under a plan to safeguard jails from coronavirus, the Government has confirmed.
Coronavirus: Thousands of prisoners to be released early in bid to ease pressure on jails
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: Thousands of prisoners to be released early in bid to ease pressure on jails
Low-risk prison inmates will be released early in a bid to ease the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in jails, the Justice Secretary has announced.
Pregnant prisoners allowed home ‘within days’ in bid to shield them from coronavirus, Justice Secretary confirms
Coronavirus
Pregnant prisoners allowed home ‘within days’ in bid to shield them from coronavirus, Justice Secretary confirms
Pregnant women in jail will be temporarily released “within days” in a bid to shield them from the impact of the coronavirus, ministers have announced.
Boris Johnson urged to back early release of low-risk prisoners in bid to stop coronavirus overcrowding
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson urged to back early release of low-risk prisoners in bid to stop coronavirus overcrowding
Boris Johnson is facing mounting calls to sanction the early release of low-risk offenders in a bid to stop prisons becoming overwhelmed by the coronavirus crisis.
We must help our prisons in the fight against coronavirus
Coronavirus
By Sir Robert Neill MP
We must help our prisons in the fight against coronavirus
The State is charged with the protection and care of those in custody. That is a responsibility we should carry out with the utmost seriousness and diligence