The Sentencing Act 2026 received Royal Assent yesterday. New laws end automatic release for badly behaved offenders and strengthen community punishment Reforms supported by plans to rebuild the probation service, with investment increasing by up to £700 million over next few years Part of the government’s plan for change to keep dangerous offenders locked up, […]
4th March 2026: The Government has fully reverse all the December 2025 changes to the Parole Board Rules View the Parole Board Rules correct to 4th March 2026 The below is for information only Sources have told The Prison Oracle that the Ministry of Justice UK are reconsidering the major changes made to the […]
A murderer recalled to prison after rapping about his crime has lost a bid to be released – but the parole board said he should be moved to an open jail. Jake Fahri, 36, was 19 when he was given a life sentence in 2009 with a minimum term of 14 years for the murder […]
4th March 2026: The Government has fully reverse all the December 2025 changes to the Parole Board Rules View the Parole Board Rules correct to 4th March 2026 The below is for information only Statutory Instrument 1231/2025 has made major changes to the Parole System with effect from today 16th December 2025. Here, in […]
The impact of short, fixed-term recalls in the women’s estate. This week the Prisons Inspectorate published their inspection report of HMP Bronzefield where they found that the number of recalls had doubled in the last two years. Earlier this year they found similarly high levels of women on short, fixed-term recalls at Foston Hall and […]
Police chiefs have issued a rare public rebuke to ministers over plans to cut prison sentences, warning the changes could trigger a 6 per cent surge in crime. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said it was bracing for thousands more offences to be committed immediately after the Sentencing Bill puts more offenders on the […]
Prolific shoplifters are being tagged for the first time to set off alerts when they go near stores they have previously targeted. Officers can use the GPS technology to track shoplifters and ensure they are not breaching ‘exclusion zones’. Police and shop owners receive instant alerts if a tagged shoplifter enters a banned area, which […]
Statement by Lord Timpson: Prisons Minister As part of the Government’s efforts to crackdown on sex crimes, the Government has committed to extending Medication to Manage Problematic Sexual Arousal (MMPSA) to twenty prisons, ramped up from the current four in the South West. MMPSA is a pharmaceutical intervention prescribed by clinicians to individuals, based on clinical need; […]
Hundreds more sex offenders could be given chemical suppressants as part of the Government’s latest efforts to crackdown on sex crimes. Chemical suppression pilot expanded to three regions across the country More sex offenders able to access medication after release, supporting a reduction in reoffending Mission to halve violence against women and girls central to […]
With the prison population at a near record high and capacity close to breaking point, the Prison Reform Trust have published a briefing to assist MPs for the upcoming second reading debate on the Sentencing Bill in the House of Commons on 16 September. The bill is a critical opportunity to reduce the use of […]
Shabana Mahmood’s Sentencing Bill is intended to reduce the proportion of a sentence served by some offenders in prison to as little as one-third while increasing and diversifying the punishments some offenders may serve on their release. It follows an announcement in May that the government was accepting most of the proposals recommended in a […]
Up to 22,000 more offenders and defendants tagged each year as part of the Government’s Plan for Change £100m extra investment and new expectation all prisoners will be tagged when leaving jail Sentencing Bill will also end automatic release for badly behaved offenders Tens of thousands more offenders will be tagged and monitored over the […]