Technological innovations and international prison policies are among things being studied as part of the government’s Sentencing Review. Panel of experts appointed to support review chair David Gauke Public call for evidence opened for 8 weeks Review to consider international best practice to tackle growing prison population and reduce reoffending The review, which aims to […]
Currently, all offenders serving determinate and indeterminate sentences released on licence can be recalled back to custody. Probation can request a recall if the offender breaches their licence conditions, if their risk has escalated beyond what can be safely managed in the community (and that risk cannot be managed by additional licence conditions or controls). […]
Low-level offenders will serve their sentences under house arrest as part of plans to “reshape and redesign what punishment outside of a prison looks like”. Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, has launched a review of sentencing designed to deliver a long-term solution to the prisons crisis. Its aim is to reduce the demand for prison […]
Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 – Terms of Reference: In Summer 2024, the capacity pressures on the prison system brought it dangerously close to total collapse. On taking office, the new government was forced to announce emergency measures that reduced the custodial term of some standard determinate sentences from 50 percent to 40 percent […]
Chaired by former Lord Chancellor David Gauke, the review will make sure the most serious offenders can be sent to prison to protect the public, and that the country always has the space needed to keep dangerous criminals locked up. Launched on the day more prisoners will be leaving jail under an emergency release scheme […]
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will appoint the former Conservative Justice Secretary David Gauke to lead a review of prison sentencing, we have confirmed. The Labour Party said in its general election manifesto it would establish a review of sentencing “to ensure it is brought up to date. We reported earlier that Gauke was the […]
More space will be created in jails under plans to be announced this week which will make it easier and quicker for inmates recalled to jail to be re-released as figures show they account for one in seven of the 87,000 prisoners in England and Wales. The “recall prison population” — those who return to […]
The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Downview have published their 2023/2024 annual report in they reveal how a reformed offender who missed a probation appointment 20 years ago – and hasn’t offended since – has been recalled to prison. The woman was hauled back to HMP Downview and ordered to serve another 12 weeks after […]
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This publication covers recall on fixed term and standard basis from January 2017 to September 2023 of offenders serving a determinate sentence in England and Wales. When an offender receives a standard recall, they are expected to serve the rest of their sentence in custody unless they are re-released earlier by the Parole Board or […]
Former pop star Gary Glitter has been denied freedom by the Parole Board. A hearing took place behind closed doors last month to consider the 79-year-old’s case – see below. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980. His sentence […]
A Ministry of Justice commissioned review by the Probation Inspectorate found that 88.5% (23/26) of recalls to prison by Probation Officers of those serving imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentences were correct. Read the Press Release >> Read the Full Thematic Review >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – login below […]