Inspectors returning to HMP Aylesbury found a prison thrown into chaos by changes to its role made in response to national prison population pressures. Charlie Taylor, Chief Inspector of Prisons said: “Aylesbury has been a prison in difficulty for some time – successive inspections have found it struggling with its existing role as a young […]
Gary Glitter has been recalled to prison after breaching his licence conditions, the Probation Service has announced. The singer, 78, was released from HMP The Verne in Dorset in February after serving half of his 16-year sentence. He was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was […]
This document sets out beneficial practice for prisons, probation and local authorities to provide consistent and appropriate support for people with care experience whilst they are in prison, upon release, or under community supervision. The guidance includes what care experienced people in the criminal justice system have told us would help them. It sets out […]
A woman who falsely claimed she was raped and trafficked by an Asian grooming gang has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years. Eleanor Williams sparked protests in her Cumbrian home town of Barrow after posting photos on social media of injuries she said were from beatings. But Preston Crown Court heard she inflicted the wounds herself […]
The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Hewell have published their 2021/2022 annual report in which they said: HMP Hewell is an improving prison that is now safer and cleaner, with more meaningful activity, but population pressures compromise resettlement work, says the Independent Monitoring Board in its report released today. The Board notes: Half the prisoners […]
The Metropolitan Police is planning to spend £440,000 on mounting certificates and picture frames in what it said was an important measure to maintain morale. The Met said the framing initiative was a way to “recognise and reward” more than 44,000 officers and staff for their bravery in the line of duty, “innovative instigations”, long […]
A long-awaited final decision over whether a ‘super-prison’ can be built in a small Leicestershire village has been delayed after new concerns were raised. Now, a ruling on the 1,700-place prison planned adjacent to the existing HMP Gartree site will not be taken early next month as originally expected. It was set to come on […]
A jury has been discharged in the trial of a prison officer accused of raping a woman in Cardiff. Glenn Coleman, 61, was charged with one count of rape, two counts of sexual assault by penetration, and two counts of sexual assault. The defendant, a prison officer at HMP Parc in Bridgend, denied all of the charges, […]
A prison officer has been convicted of having an inappropriate relationship with a female prisoner who is now on the run. William Sumners, of Surrey, pleaded guilty to one count of being a ‘holder of a public office who wilfully misconducted himself’ at HMP Send in Surrey. The 43-year-old, who now works as a parking […]
The Metropolitan Police is plagued by racism, sexism and homophobia and has failed to change despite being told to, a report is expected to say next Tuesday. The report by former Whitehall troubleshooter Louise Casey was commissioned after the murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met officer Wayne Couzens in 2021. It will say the […]
A PC who repeatedly struck ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson on the night he was killed by her colleague has been found guilty of gross misconduct. Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith hit the former Aston Villa striker six times with her baton as he lay on the ground in 2016. She was acquitted of actual bodily harm at trial […]
UPDATE 16 June 2023 >> Earlier: 17th March 2023 Prisoners serving whole life sentences would be prevented from marrying under new Government plans. It comes amid a bid by Milly Dowler’s killer Levi Bellfield to challenge a decision blocking the serial killer from marrying in prison. Bellfield, 54, is currently serving two whole life sentences […]