Local councillors will no longer be allowed to block prisons and other major infrastructure projects under proposals to overhaul the planning system. Angela Rayner, the deputy prime minister, will this week set out plans to modernise the approval process by allowing applications that comply with local development plans to bypass planning committees. Rayner said: “The […]
Keir Starmer has said more prisons will be built to manage overcrowding once the government gets its “hands on the planning laws”. Speaking to broadcasters in Berlin, the UK prime minister said the lack of prisons being built is one of the reasons for the current capacity crisis in jails across the UK. It comes […]
A man died in prison after overdosing on an antidepressant drug, a report has found. Alan Giles was jailed for 10 years after attacking two victims at their home in Harlow, Essex, in November 2019. The 71-year-old was found dead in his cell at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, on 7 December. An assessment by the Prisons […]
A further 160 new modular prison cells designed to quickly boost jail capacity and keep the public safe are set to open at HMP Hollesley Bay in Suffolk next week. 160 Rapid Deployment Cells unveiled at HMP Hollesley Bay part of extra 1,900 prison spaces created since September It is the latest batch of 1,000 […]
See Update: 24th June 2023 >> The MOJ are scheduled to deliver at the following sites from 30 May 2023: New Prisons HMP Millsike Garth Wymott 2* Gartree 2* Grendon 2* Houseblocks HMP Bullingdon HMP Channings Wood HMP Elmley HMP Erlestoke HMP Gartree ** HMP Highpoint HMP Wayland HMP Guys Marsh HMP Stocken HMP […]
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Type of inspection: Independent review of progress Dates of inspection: 20-22 March 2023 Summary of findings: A new governor was making considerable improvements and had introduced a new regime giving better access to education and employment. As a result prisoners were less frustrated and violence had reduced, but there was still a long way to go to deliver […]
The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Wayland have published their 2021/2022 annual report in which they said: Main areas for development TO THE MINISTER First, throughout this report we have set out our views on the failure of the Prison Service to respond adequately to the prison’s desperate needs for a greatly improved physical infrastructure. […]