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Car number plates are becoming too easy to clone, Government warned

Motorists are being wrongly accused of offences because it is too easy for criminals to clone number plates, according to an independent report for the Government. The unpublished document for the Home Office, seen by The Telegraph, warned that the current system of regulation was too weak to prevent criminals and dishonest motorists from copying number […]

Updated: Certified Prisoner Accommodation Policy Framework

Updated Policy Framework: Certification is a legal requirement under Section 14 of the Prison Act 1952 that must be completed for all prison and young offender institution accommodation before it can be used to confine prisoners overnight. Certification is the responsibility of the Prison Group Director (for Public Sector Prisons), Executive Directors (for Wales and […]

Name of new Yorkshire prison revealed

The name of the UK’s first all-electric prison has been revealed today (27 February 2023) by Prisons Minister Damian Hinds. The new prison – opening in 2025 – will hold nearly 1,500 prisoners who will spend their time behind bars learning the skills they need to find work on release as part of the government’s […]

Policy Framework: Open Establishments – Managing Conveyance of Unauthorised Items

This Policy Framework has been issued today. It sets out mandatory requirements and guidance to help staff implement the mandatory requirements when managing the risk of conveyance of unauthorised and illicit items in Open Prisons.  View the Policy Framework with explanatory text >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below […]

Policy Framework: Closed Establishments – Managing Conveyance of Unauthorised Items

This Policy Framework has been issued today. It sets out mandatory requirements and guidance to help staff implement the mandatory requirements when managing the risk of conveyance of unauthorised and illicit items in Closed Prisons.  View the Policy Framework with explanatory text >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below […]

HMP Bure IMB Annual Report: Prisoner Pay Rates – Not Reasonable or Fair

The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Bure have published their 2021/2022 annual report in which they said: Main areas for development TO THE MINISTER   Will the Minister ensure that HMP Bure operates at its nominal accommodation level? At present there are some double cells which are cramped and unsuitable for an establishment such as […]

Dominic Raab urged to use his ‘Power to Detain’ to block wife killer’s release

Former Cabinet ministers Priti Patel and Robert Buckland are urging the Government to block the automatic release of a wife killer by using legislation they pushed through Parliament. Ms Patel, the former home secretary, and Mr Buckland, the former justice secretary, are calling on ministers to refer the case of Robert Brown to the parole […]

Forthcoming IMB Annual Reports – only on The Prison Oracle!

View details of forthcoming Independent Monitoring Board Annual Reports – available only on The Prison Oracle! View Forthcoming IMB Annual Reports >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced

Hundreds of UK sex offenders went missing, figures show

Hundreds of sex offenders across the UK slipped off the radar of police in a three-year period it has been revealed. Freedom of Information requests made to 45 police forces reveal 729 sex offenders had gone missing or were wanted for arrest from 2019-2021. Abuse survivors have called on the government to introduce a new […]

Annual strategic steer for the Youth Justice Board 2023 to 2024

The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation, has written to the Keith Fraser, Chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), to set out his priorities for the youth justice system and what he would like the YJB to prioritise in the financial year 2023 to 2024. View the Annual Strategic […]

Government commits to publishing IPP Action Plan by 31st March

Government commits to publishing IPP Action Plan by 31st March – view this and other Government answers in……… Latest Parliamentary Questions and Answers on Prisons >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced

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