This updated Policy Framework sets out the procedures and guidance for staff in all prisons and young offenders institutions to help them comply with the legal requirements in terms of providing prisoners with access to digital equipment, where that equipment is required for prisoners to view electronic disclosure by the Crown as evidence in either […]
Police will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental health reasons in police cells, under government plans for England and Wales. Officers can currently use cells as a “place of safety” for up to 24 hours to allow those needing immediate care to be assessed by a […]
Former Cabinet ministers Priti Patel and Robert Buckland are urging the Government to block the automatic release of a wife killer by using legislation they pushed through Parliament. Ms Patel, the former home secretary, and Mr Buckland, the former justice secretary, are calling on ministers to refer the case of Robert Brown to the parole […]
This Guidance document has been produced to support MCA panels to undertake reviews of cases where the Secretary of State (SSJ) has referred a high-risk prisoner to the Parole Board for review in place of automatic release at their Conditional Release Date (CRD). These are known as Power to Detain (PTD) cases. Power to Detain […]