This policy framework provides guidance on how restorative practice with victims and all people on probation and in prison. View the amended Policy Framework with explanatory text >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join now https://prisons.org.uk/register/enhanced Username Password * Remember Me Forgot Password
Former Metropolitan Police Officer David Carrick has been sentenced to a discretionary life sentence with a minimum term of 30 years at Southwark Crown Court. Mark Leech writes: The sentencing and the chaos that preceded it was a joke. Sentencing was delayed for almost two hours because the video link connecting two adjoining courtrooms didn’t […]
Jails in parts of the country are expected to run out of space within two weeks, it emerged yesterday. Prisoners will be housed in police cells instead of prisons in the North West and West Midlands, after the Ministry of Justice gave forces a fortnight’s notice to make preparations. It is the first time in […]
An LGBT staff network that told civil servants that talking about “protecting women and girls” could be transphobic is part of the panel that advises on where to send transgender prisoners. The Pride in Prison & Probation (Pipp) group emailed Ministry of Justice staff in November before Trans Awareness Week to tell them about language […]
The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Chelmsford have published their 2021/2022 annual report in which they said: Main areas for development TO THE MINISTER We urge the Minister: To ensure adequate funding for the ongoing improvement of the prison’s buildings and facilities. To exert influence to ensure provision of suitable permanent accommodation for prisoners upon […]
Inspectors have conducted an Independent Review of Progress inspection at HMP Ranby and published their report today. HMP RANBY Type of inspection: Independent review of progress Dates of inspection: 3-5 January 2023 Summary of findings: Improvements to the provision of meaningful activity were limited, leaving the prison still unable to fulfil its function as a […]
Acutely mentally unwell women are being held in cells with scratches and bloodstains on the wall, evidence of previous occupants’ distress, an inspection report into HMP/YOI Eastwood Park has found. The treatment and conditions in houseblock 4, which held those under supervision, in segregation, or awaiting transfer to a secure mental health facility, were described […]
Charges of attempted rape and assault have been dropped against Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood. The 21-year-old was arrested in January last year amid allegations surrounding images and videos that emerged online. He was later charged with attempted rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The Crown Prosecution Service said the […]
The Probation Workforce Strategy (2020-2023), developed by HM Prison and Probation Service, sets out the collective ambition for a more positive, inclusive, and diverse probation workforce and the steps to be taken to achieve this. Since this strategy was first published, the Probation Service has been unified, providing the opportunity for to deliver a single, […]
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New prison places will be created in Dorset as part of plans to increase capacity. Extra 40 cells expected to be used only for five years will be built on the Verne Prison site on Portland. The proposals are part of a national strategy to add 1,000 temporary cells to the prison estate while permanent […]
Private prisons company Sodexo is facing a suspension on new Prison Officer starts after an Ofsted Inspection found poor quality Prison Officer training. Sodexo Ltd, which operates five prisons in the UK, received two ‘insufficient’ and one ‘reasonable’ progress judgements from the education watchdog in a new provider monitoring report published today following a visit […]