The justice system is ill-equipped to deal with ever-rising numbers of remand prisoners, a report published today by the House of Commons Justice Committee has warned. Despite facing similar challenges to the wider prison population, in areas including mental health, addiction and maintaining contact with family, there is little support for remand prisoners either in […]
“Frightening”: A prison that houses high-risk sex offenders and is failing to prepare them effectively for their release into the community is described as “Frightening” by the Chief Inspector of Prisons. In HMP Isle of Wight which releases one or two high risk prisoners per month, only 30 prisoners had completed an offending behaviour programme for […]
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This Policy Framework is for all Prison and Probation staff in England and Wales with responsibility for the management of cases that meet the eligibility for inclusion on the ViSOR Dangerous Persons Database. View the Policy Framework with explanatory text >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below or join […]
The former Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre is set to reopen as a Category C men’s prison, in the latest of a string of measures to boost jail capacity the Prisons Minister has announced today. The refurbishment of the Rainsbrook site will create up to 131 new prison places – helping to put serious offenders behind […]
Latest developments even more jails deploy cutting-edge baggage scanners for prison visitors measures part of £125 million strategy to clamp down on prison rule breakers and cut crime Since July 2020 game-changing X-ray body scanners have foiled more than 28,000 attempts to smuggle drugs, phones and weapons behind bars as the war on prison rule […]
Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of raping four women and sexually assaulting another during parties at his Cheshire mansion. However, the Manchester City defender and French international, 28, faces a retrial on one count of rape and one of attempted rape after the jury failed to reach verdicts after a five-month trial at Chester crown […]
A man who threw a cup of coffee in a prison officer’s face after being convicted of threatening to kill his sister with a knife has been jailed. Alistair Cowin, 39, injured the guard on 30 June last year the day after a jury found him guilty. Douglas Courthouse, on the Isle of Man, heard […]
Knife Crime Statistics. This research looks at statistics on knife crime in England and Wales. It uses police recorded crime data to evaluate trends over time and to compare knife crime between police force areas, with a section focussing specifically on knife crime in London. Sentencing statistics are also used to look at outcomes of […]
Certain sex offenders are required to notify the police of personal information such as their name, address and bank and credit card details, and to update the police whenever this information changes. The police record of this information is commonly referred to as the “sex offenders register”. There is no general public access to the […]
A former prison officer who worked at a youth detention centre has been found to be too unwell to stand trial by two doctors. Alexander Flavell, 89, is accused of serious physical and sexual abuse involving six young male inmates at Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham between 1968-1981. Flavell has dementia. At Teesside Crown […]
HM Prison and Probation Service have produced the podcast ‘A prison’s guide to’ spotlighting the prison service and interviewing “our inspirational staff” across England and Wales to find out about their: 🔵 roles 🔵 motivations 🔵 lessons learnt Mark Leech, Editor of The Prisons Handbook writes: Mind The Gap. While anything that opens up the […]