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More than 2,000 criminal trials abandoned due to crumbling courts and lawyer shortages

Between January and June this year, 1,854 criminal trials could not take place due to the absence of a prosecutor, defence lawyer, magistrate, or judge

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2023

Prisons ‘out of control’ as drug testing regime millions over budget and targets missed

Exclusive: Government accused of presiding over ‘out of control prison system’

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Record number of trials adjourned over failure to bring suspects from prison to court

Exclusive: Defendants stuck in custody vans miles from court while victims, witnesses, lawyers and police spend wasted hours awaiting them at ‘untold’ cost

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

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Urgent calls for swift action in self-harm related prison deaths

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, Labour MP Andy Slaughter says

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Lessons must be learned from self-harm related prison deaths, ministers warned

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, meaning important lessons have not been learned, Labour MP Andy Slaughter said.

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2023

Britain’s broken justice system revealed as prisoners trapped in jail for five years before trial

Exclusive: Number of accused held on remand hits record high with 15,000 languishing in overcrowded prisons

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023

Woman’s family must ‘plan for the worst’ as killer’s release from jail nears

Joanna Simpson was killed by her British Airways captain husband Robert Brown at their family home in October 2010.

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023

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Fears prisons could be run by gangs as thousands of guards quit

Thousands of experienced officers have quit the service, leaving prisons vulnerable to increased violence and control by gangs

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

Pain-inducing restraint to be banned in England and Wales children’s prisons

New Ministry of Justice policy says such techniques must only be used in emergency scenarios

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023

Recall rules to be eased on indefinite jail sentences in England and Wales

Licence period could be terminated from five years after release instead of current 10 years, in ‘positive step’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023

Government warned over prison overcrowding as suicides soar

‘Violent and drug-ridden’ HMP Bristol becomes latest prison to be given urgent notification over failings

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick gave lessons to Rwandan government lawyers

Exclusive: Minister now charged with implementing Rwanda deal joined Tory volunteering project with Suella Braverman in 2008

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2023

Serial killer Levi Bellfield wins battle to marry in prison

Bellfield is serving two whole life orders for killing 13-year-old Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22.

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2023

Lord Chancellor will look ‘extremely carefully’ at Pitchfork decision

The Parole Board has ruled double child killer Colin Pitchfork can be released from prison subject to conditions.

The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023

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The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork can be released from prison – Parole Board

Pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 after raping and strangling two 15-year-olds in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

Illegal Migration Bill could see 3,000 detained and deported each month – report

The figures reportedly come from leaked briefing papers.

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2023

Braverman bill could lead to 3,000 asylum seekers being deported a month

Exclusive: leaked documents on illegal migration bill also say legal aid fees will need to rise in order to ensure legal cover

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Overcrowding in prisons is a ‘powder keg waiting to blow’

Exclusive: Record number of inmates doubled up in single cells - with government forced to build 1,000 portacabins to ease overflow

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The Independent UK · May 16, 2023

Dominic Raab’s Bill of Rights under threat as new justice secretary acknowledges other ‘priorities’

Alex Chalk did not commit to pursuing law and told MPs he was ‘looking carefully at full range of department’s work’

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

Serial rapist recalled to prison months after failed bid to block release

Andrew Barlow, 67, from Bolton in Lancashire, was released after serving more than 34 years in jail for a string of rapes in the 1980s.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023

Sir John Major warns against ‘excessive zeal’ to be tough on crime

The former Tory PM called for a stronger focus on rehabilitation.

The National (Scotland) · May 3, 2023

Watchdog bans Tory government from reusing 'racist' advert

THE UK Government has been rapped for “perpetuating a negative ethnic stereotype” after an advert looking for new prison officers featured a…

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023

What could change at MoJ now that Dominic Raab has left?

Some of former justice minister’s pet projects could be dropped now that Alex Chalk is in charge

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

Dominic Raab resignation raises questions about Rishi Sunak’s judgment

Sources say PM did not ask deputy to go despite bullying inquiry finding he engaged in ‘abuse or misuse of power’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023

Dominic Raab: how the Guardian revealed bullying allegations

How the story has unfolded since Ministry of Justice sources first spoke out about his behaviour

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