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Secret prison documents show government plan to tackle IPP scandal will fail

Exclusive: Damning projections reveal the government’s action plan to progress IPP prisoners is a ‘failure’, which will leave at least 500 prisoners languishing without release 18 years after the sentence was abolished

The Independent UK

‘I was like a hostage. After almost 18 years on an indefinite jail term, they finally admitted my IPP sentence was wrong’

JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Exclusive: Haroon Ahmed, whose indefinite jail term was quashed in the Court of Appeal, says IPP prisoners are ‘hostages’ who have grown from teenagers to men watching more dangerous offenders be released, Amy-Clare Martin reports

The Independent UK

The nightmarish catch-22 at the heart of a burning injustice

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The plight of hundreds of inmates trapped in a grim loop between indefinite sentences and mental health treatment within our prison system must be resolved

The Independent UK

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Ministers were warned of errors at jail that released sex offender by mistake

Chaotic release procedures at HMP Chelmsford were flagged to the prisons minister last year

The Guardian - UK

Education cuts in prisons ultimately endanger the public, watchdog says

Charlie Taylor hits out at risk of real-terms spending cuts in prisons in England and Wales derailing work to break cycle of reoffending

The Guardian - UK

Ministers must summon the courage to right an ‘obvious injustice’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Judges who passed indefinite sentences join The Independent’s campaign to re-sentence those prisoners who have been unfairly trapped by the long-abolished IPP law

The Independent UK

Indefinite jail terms ‘not right and not fair’, Lords say in call to end IPP injustice

Lord Woodley, who acknowledged his bill to resentence IPP prisoners will not succeed, challenged James Timpson to explain why the government won’t end ‘appalling torture sentences’

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‘Smell detectors’ and AI cameras to be considered to monitor criminals

Tech companies pitched devices to prisons and probation minister James Timpson.

Evening Standard

Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary

Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis

The Guardian - UK

Hope for end to ‘cruel experiment’ of indefinite jail terms that have seen phone thieves trapped for up to 20 years

Exclusive: Top justice experts urge government to finally end IPP sentences with a string of new measures

The Independent UK

Rape victim forced to live just minutes from abuser after probation failings

Exclusive: In letters seen by The Independent, the government promised that the perpetrator would only be released once a plan was put in place to manage him safely

The Independent UK

Gangs hold such influence over jails ‘it keeps me awake at night’, says Timpson

Minister says prison staff who assist organised criminals are being targeted by ‘beefed up’ corruption unit

The Guardian - UK

Prisons minister vows to end ‘toxic’ cover-up culture in England and Wales

James Timpson says he will fight ‘normalised’ sexual harassment, bullying and racism within prison service

The Guardian - UK

‘Employment’s the best way to stop reoffending’: the boss of ready meals firm Cook on the ‘talent’ in prisons

The co-founder of the family-run frozen food maker says ethical practices pay dividends on top of financial returns for her business

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The Independent UK

Manchester Arena bomber’s brother given spork in prison days after alleged attack on three officers

Hashem Abedi moved to HMP Belmarsh, where he previously attacked a prison officer in 2020

The Independent UK

Overflowing prisons trigger emergency measure to house inmates in police cells

Justice secretary triggers Operation Safeguard to use police cells for prisoners overnight

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Keir Starmer Faces Major Crisis as Pressure Mounts to Make One Huge Decision

Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting pressure over an overcrowding crisis in UK prisons, with calls for the Government to deport thousands more foreign criminals.

The Guardian - UK

MoJ readies extra prison places in case summer riots happen again

Exclusive: Justice minister James Timpson says increased cell capacity means emergency early release schemes won’t be needed

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The Guardian - UK

Prison system crisis due to overreliance on long sentences, says Gauke review

Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds

The Guardian - UK

Coercive control to be put on par with other types of domestic abuse in England and Wales

Police and probation services will be legally required to share with one another information that suggests offenders are risk to others

The Guardian - UK

‘Beefed up’ organised crime unit to target prison gangs in England and Wales

Prisons minister says team’s work is being expanded, as he voices concern about drone use and corruption of officers

The Guardian - UK

Prisons minister aims to close one women’s jail in England and Wales

Exclusive: Timpson says government plans to reverse rise in female inmates and use alternative forms of punishment

The Independent UK

Prisoners could be serving you Greggs under new offender work scheme

The new prisons minister has previously said that two-thirds of offenders should not be in prisons

Evening Standard

Greggs and Greene King among firms backing drive to get offenders into work

Leaders from major employers will be among those to sit on new employment councils in regions across England and Wales.

The Guardian - UK

‘90 people have taken their own lives already. How many more do they want?’ The Labour peer taking on the scandal of ‘99-year’ sentences

Indeterminate sentences were scrapped in 2012 – but thousands of prisoners are still serving them, often for petty crimes, with no hope of release. Could there now be hope of resentencing?

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