Plans to dock 500 migrants on a barge off Dorset will cost more than £20,000 per day and will be challenged in the courts amid concerns about its effect on tourism, ministers have been warned. Suella Braverman, the home secretary, is to announce that a deal has been struck to accommodate up to 506 migrants […]
Sheppey prison officer wrongly arrested after false claims by ex-lover from Minster An innocent prison officer was arrested three times because of false allegations made by an ex-lover who “craved attention”. Spiteful Emma Weller – described as “demanding, obsessive and manipulative” – set up fake social accounts and made claims she had received rape threats […]
Dominic Raab is under pressure to fast-track new laws to punish criminals for refusing to appear in court for sentencing, after the killer of Olivia Pratt-Korbel would not enter the dock. Thomas Cashman remained in his cell, with his lawyer telling the court the murderer believed the case was “turning into a circus” because prosecutors […]
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is seeking the views of residents and businesses on plans for a potential new prison in Buckinghamshire. In line with the government’s commitment to create four new prisons by the mid-2020s, the Ministry of Justice has been looking at potential new prison sites where we have space readily available to […]
Having reviewed a number of sites across the country, the MOJ believe that land next to HMP Garth and HMP Wymott in Chorley may be an appropriate location for a new prison. They entered into a public consultation and that consultation has now concluded – the results can be found at the following link Learn […]
Inspectors returning to HMP Lewes for an independent review of progress in February were disappointed to find that, far from improving, conditions at the jail had deteriorated since the full inspection. At the earlier full inspection, in May 2022, inspectors had raised concerns about squalid conditions, rates of violence, staffing levels, care for vulnerable prisoners, […]
Purposeful activity in prisons – that is access to education, employment, exercise or time out of cell to take part in meaningful activity – has never been as bad as it is now, with prisons continuing to fail to return to the pre-pandemic regimes which supported the rehabilitation and wellbeing of prisoners. The findings of […]
A prison officer has told the Chief Inspector of Prisons that there is “no incentive” to remain in the job and “retention and staff assaults” are on the rise. After the Chief Inspector of Prisons found that Lewes Prison inmates are facing “squalid conditions and violence”, a caller Joe in Hendon, who has been a […]
Police failed to turn up to more than 45,000 burglaries in England last year, equivalent to 120 per day. Figures show that victims face a stark postcode lottery, with more than one in two burglary reports unattended in some areas. The worst performing force was Bedfordshire, where officers failed to attend the scene of 61 […]
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Two maximum security prisons are effectively discharging their duties to keep dangerous criminals behind bars, but are missing important opportunities to support prisoners in reducing their future risk of harm. HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire and HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire both hold men serving long or indeterminate sentences and considered to pose a significant risk […]
Two maximum security prisons are effectively discharging their duties to keep dangerous criminals behind bars, but are missing important opportunities to support prisoners in reducing their future risk of harm. HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire and HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire both hold men serving long or indeterminate sentences and considered to pose a significant risk […]