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Exclusive: Stopping pre-sentencing reports could put more pregnant people behind bars, groups tell justice minister

The proposals were brought forward following claims of a ‘two-tier’ justice system.

Brazil’s federal police recently pulled back the curtain on a criminal web that had infiltrated the country’s fuel distribution chains. What looked like ordinary gas stations were, in fact, outposts of a vast laundering machine, washing dirty money with diesel and ethanol. According to Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski, more than…

The Justice Secretary announced a snap review by the Prison Service to report back in the coming months.

France has launched a national anti-terror investigation after a series of arson attacks and shootings this week targeted prisons across the country, raising fears over organised efforts to intimidate the justice system.

The Trump Administration didn't lose but it didn't quite win either.

Helicopters have been used to ‘water-bomb’ the blaze.

Concerns are growing over new draft sentencing guidelines that critics say could make it easier for foreign offenders to avoid deportation.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood opened Category C prison HMP Millsike in Yorkshire.

Shabana Mahmood warned ‘short sentence reform on its own isn’t going to be enough’ to ease the overcrowding crisis as she opened a new 1,500-cell prison

Justice Department leadership is proposing cutting some offices and dramatically restructuring the department, including combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press