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Lawyers refusing to represent people charged with certain crimes amid pay crisis

Some solicitors in England and Wales are not taking on loss-making cases such as burglary amid MoJ dispute over legal aid, Law Society says

The Guardian - UK

Some jury trials may be scrapped in England and Wales as court backlog hits record high

Review led by Sir Brian Leveson will consider creating ‘intermediate courts’ heard by judge in bid to speed up trials

The Guardian - UK

Jury trials could be axed for some crimes as Crown Court backlog soars to 73,000

Sir Brian Leveson is looking at increasing magistrates powers and scrapping some jury trials

Evening Standard

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Prisons will run out of room despite building plans, says Justice Secretary

Shabana Mahmood has announced more measures in a bid to grip the overcrowding crisis.

The Independent UK

'Accept new prison' near you to tackle jail crisis, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells local residents

Punishments for offenders, such as home curfew, could be increasingly used to stop so many of them going to jail

Evening Standard

'Insult to Victims': UK Criminals Serve Community Sentences Online in 'Work-from-Home' Scheme

Community service as a way of atoning for crimes against society, often conjures up images of high-viz jackets and picking up litter. Now even criminals have joined the 'working from home' phenomenon

International Business Times UK

Government sets target for 14,000 prison cell spaces by 2031

The Ministry of Justice set out the plans on Wednesday.

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Prisons set to run out of space within seven years, says justice minister

The Ministry of Justice has announced plans for four new prisons, but Shabana Mahmood said it is ‘still not enough’

The Independent UK

Abandon some jury trials or fund crisis-hit system, former chief justice says

Exclusive: Lord Thomas says there has been political failure to either properly invest in justice or make hard decisions

The Guardian - UK

Prison population in England and Wales set to exceed 100,000 by 2029

Rising prosecutions, higher maximum sentences and soaring number of people on remand driving growth from 86,000 today

The Guardian - UK

Tory plan for 20,000 new jail places ‘will be years late and £4bn over budget’ – report

NAO blames failures in Boris Johnson plan on successive governments’ policies and ‘unrealistic timelines’

The Guardian - UK

Prison plans could cost ‘extra £4bn and be short of 12,400 cell spaces by 2027’

The National Audit Office published a report on prison funding on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

20,000 extra prison places will be five years late and £4.2bn over budget, spending watchdog finds

Taxpayers left with ‘eye-watering bill’ due to negilence of previous governments, experts warn

The Independent UK

Inside HMP Wandsworth: How Daniel Khalife’s escape reveals ‘shocking’ prison chaos

It was revealed two guards checked the truck that Daniel Khalife escaped under

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Evening Standard

Prisons crisis and chaos at HMP Wandsworth laid bare in wake of Khalife’s escape

Khalife made his escape in September last year, while being held on remand over spy charges, by strapping himself underneath a food delivery lorry.

Evening Standard

Criminal Cases Review Commission under fire as Government seeks to remove boss

Legal charity Appeal criticised the body’s failure to publicly acknowledge the move after failings in the Andrew Malkinson case.

The Independent UK

Usher who fell asleep in court did not suffer discrimination, tribunal rules

Adetokunbo Adegbite took the Ministry of Justice to an employment tribunal claiming to have suffered race discrimination.

The Guardian - UK

More than a third of assaults on UK prison officers are not fully investigated

Staff says reports of abuse by inmates are not taken seriously by management, leaving them feeling vulnerable

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The Guardian - UK

Tech firm Palantir spoke with MoJ about calculating prisoners’ ‘reoffending risks’

Exclusive: Rights group expresses concerns as it emerges US spy tech company has been lobbying UK ministers

Evening Standard

Security audit found ’81 points of failure’ at Wandsworth prison after escape

Former soldier Daniel Khalife has pleaded guilty partway through his trial at Woolwich Crown Court to escaping from HMP Wandsworth.

Evening Standard

Rise in criminals recalled to jail after Tories freed thousands early

More than a third (35%) of prisoners released under the scheme were serving a sentence of six months or less.

Evening Standard

Attacks on prison staff in England and Wales hit 21-year high

More than 10,000 such assaults were recorded in the year to June, Ministry of Justice figures show.

The Guardian - UK

Five still in jail 16 years after being given IPP sentences of below six months, data shows

Exclusive: ‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind bars

The Independent UK

Second wave of prisoners to get early release despite fears sex offenders included

Former home secretary Priti Patel has called for the early release scheme to be suspended after fears that sex offenders and violent criminals are being let out

The Independent UK

How make-or-break Budget has fractured Keir Starmer’s cabinet

ANALYSIS: With the prime minister’s poll ratings at rock bottom, Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with cabinet unity ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget, writes Political Correspondent Archie Mitchell

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