After a 12-month pilot into the investigations of those who die within 14 days of release from prison, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) have released a bulletin summarising their learning, and an evaluation of the pilot. View the Bulletin and the Evaluation >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login […]
Ministerial Statement >> 24th January 2023 The Action Plan has been published in relation to: Jordan McSweeney Background: Probation service failings ‘left Jordan McSweeney free to kill Zara Aleena’ Failings by probation officers left a sexual predator “free” to stalk and kill the law graduate Zara Aleena just days after he was released from jail, according […]
Children in custody feel safer than ever before but are isolated from their friends and families and are continuing to receive inadequate education post-pandemic, a new report confirms. Children in custody 2021–22 analysed survey data from every young offender institution (YOI) and secure training centre (STC) inspected by HM Inspectorate of Prisons in 2021–22, which […]
The Government’s proposals to replace the Human Rights Act and change how human rights are protected in the UK would create large scale uncertainty and seriously damage people’s ability to enforce their rights a parliamentary committee has warned in a report published today. Read The Report >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this […]
Eleven suspected criminals freed on conditional release from jails in one year went on to kill while on bail, it has emerged. Figures show that in the year to 2020 almost 10,000 people were convicted of offences including murder, attempted murder, rapes and other sex crimes while on bail. The data, highlighted by Victim Support […]
Former HMP Warren Hill Prison Officer Darren Brooks has launched a mobile pizza trailer – after being diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease. Offering delicious, traditional pizzas to villages with his mobile wood-fired pizza trailer, former prison officer is inspiring those with invisible illnesses to see life in a different way. Owner of Taste of […]
A transgender rapist convicted of launching sex attacks on two vulnerable women is set to be sent to a female jail to await sentencing. Isla Bryson, who was previously known as Adam Graham, was convicted on Tuesday of two counts of rape at the High Court in Glasgow, committed while still living as a man. […]
Drug deaths in Scotland have started to rise sharply again in Scotland despite Nicola Sturgeon’s pledge to make tackling the crisis her “national mission”. A quarterly report by Public Health Scotland said the number of suspected drug deaths increased in October and November last year. A total of 109 people died from suspected drug use in November, […]
A former Labour MP submitted fraudulent expense claims totalling £30,000 to part-fund an “extensive” cocaine habit, a court was told. Jared O’Mara, 41, who represented Sheffield Hallam between 2017 and 2019, allegedly invented an autism charity and falsely billed for work said to have been carried out by his friends. Leeds crown court was told […]
Swindon Youth Justice Service (YJS) has received an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ following an inspection by HM Inspectorate of Probation. Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell said: “Swindon Youth Justice Service is a credit to the town, and their ‘Outstanding’ rating is much deserved. Children under their supervision are likely to thrive and this means […]
Inspectors have today published a full inspection report on HMP Wealstun. Type of inspection: Full inspection Dates of inspection: 3-14 October 2022 Summary of findings: The prison was safer than at the last inspection, but self-harm and use of force remained high. Time out of cell was poor, with prisoners locked up for 23 hours […]
Type of inspection: Full inspection Dates of inspection: 3-14 October 2022 Summary of findings: Translation services were woefully underused at a prison designated to hold foreign national offenders, meaning that prisoners with little to no English were not supported. Although time out of cell was better than we have seen elsewhere, education and work provision […]