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Dominic Raab claims are more akin to 'abusive supervision' than bullying

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak continues to refuse to suspend the deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, from office while accusations that he has behaved inappropriately towards staff are investigated. The government has confirmed that lawyer Adam Tolley is leading an investigation into two complaints made about Raab’s conduct while at the…

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Staff signed off work for 'extended periods' under Dominic Raab, complaint says

DOMINIC Raab is facing a single official complaint representing the concerns of 27 Ministry of Justice officials about his behaviour as pressure…

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Dominic Raab: more civil servants in bullying complaint than previously thought

Some officials were signed off for ‘extended periods’ while others stayed at work to protect colleagues, says complaint made by 27 staff at Ministry of Justice

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Payouts to prisoners cost taxpayers over £30million in six years

The Prison Officers’ Association has blamed the huge compensation bill on the Tory failure to tackle the jail staffing crisis, with inmates not getting the entitlements required by law

Daily Mirror

Reports on racism raise challenges in election year

Two reports on racism in New Zealand released by the Human Rights Commission land at a time when political rhetoric around racism is escalating again.

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Britain's biggest prison 'set to be built near Jamie Oliver's £6 million Essex mansion'

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver faces having two 'mega jails' built near his picturesque home in Essex - and locals are up in arms about it

Daily Mirror

Nottingham MP demands 'urgent meeting' over case of dad slashed to the face with knife

Labour MP for Nottingham South Lilian Greenwood said she is now seeking an "urgent meeting" with the Ministry of Justice to raise her concerns about how the case concerning one of her constituents has been handled.

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Government response to Hillsborough report expected ‘this spring’, minister says

Yvette Cooper questioned the absence from the Commons of Suella Braverman, saying ‘it is a devastating failure of responsibility and respect’.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak must suspend Dominic Raab during bullying inquiry says union chief

Deputy PM Dominic Raab is being investigated over eight complaints during his time at the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign Office and the former Brexit department, which are said to involve at least 24 staff. He denies accusations of bullying

Daily Mirror

Jacob Rees-Mogg blasted for 'snowflakey' claim about bullying complaints against ministers

The top Tory mounted a desperate defence of Justice Secretary Dominic Raab who is being investigated over a string of bullying claims - which he denies - that reportedly involve at least 24 civil servants

Daily Mirror

One in 10 Ministry of Justice staff say they have experienced bullying or harassment

According to the annual Civil Service People Survey 11% of MoJ staff warned that they had experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination - significantly higher than an average across the Civil Service of 7%

Daily Mirror

Quit delaying the anti-torture law

The long-awaited anti-torture law is set to take effect next month. However, the Royal Thai Police is requesting a delay in its enforcement, citing a lack of readiness. The government must reject this request as it is a last-ditch effort to preserve the police's often violent interrogation tactics and culture…

Bangkok Post

‘Potentially risky’ people being released after years on remand, watchdog warns

Growing number of offenders on remand in England and Wales not offered support before being freed, prisons inspector says

The Guardian - UK

Deadly failings with one person killed every SIX days by criminal on probation

Every six days someone is killed by an offender on probation and criminals on licence killed a total of 599 people in the last decade- our criminal justice system is in crisis, so when will the Government address these deadly failings?

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Dad held in jail for almost three years despite being cleared of GBH charges

Ishuba Salmon's fight for freedom has sparked a campaign and petition, and has reignited the debate surrounding imprisonment for public protection sentences

The Independent UK

Prisoner died after staff were ‘not properly trained to save lives’, coroner rules

Exclusive: Nathan Forrest, 36, died from a drug overdose just a day after being recalled to prison

Liverpool Echo

Gangster who 'shared TikTok rap videos from prison' up for parole

TikTok videos showed a masked man in prison overalls rapping while posing with guns and designer watches

Liverpool Echo

'Illegal' prison TikTok account wiped over Croxteth gangster's rap videos

One video showed masked men in blood-stained white overalls wielding hammers

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Inmates record rap video inside UK prison - and guards are nowhere to be seen

The professionally produced music video shows two Forest Bank prisoners mouthing the words to their rap in their cells and on the wing, with officers nowhere to be seen

Evening Standard

New bag scanners at prisons detect heroin in washing-up liquid, cannabis in curry

83 new x-ray machines will be installed at prison gates by the end of March

Manchester Evening News

Inmate taken to hospital 'after ten-man brawl' at Forest Bank prison

Officials at the troubled privately-run prison confirmed 'an incident' took place yesterday

Daily Mirror

Dominic Raab's department blows £320,000 on PR advisers

The Ministry of Justice, which is led by the Deputy Prime Minister, has brought in marketing experts from outside Whitehall. The MOJ insisted it was ‘a contract for advertising prison officer jobs'

Bangkok Post

Equality still a dream

In the lead-up to its second reading, the civil partnership draft bill marks a decade since its inception, dating back to a gay couple who were denied legal recognition in 2012 because the law limits marriage to a man and a woman. Given the conservatism of earlier decades, civil partnership…

The Independent UK

Dominic Raab accused of treating crime victims as ‘afterthought’ as justice system ‘crumbles’

Exclusive: ‘Rachel is a rape survivor who says her experience as a victim in the justice system was worse than the rape and attempt on her life,’ letter to Mr Raab says

Liverpool Echo

Forbidden items confiscated from prisoners' cells including Spice, steroids and weapons

We asked the Ministry of Justice what was seized from prisoners across Merseyside and North Wales in 2022

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