The Latest Breaking News from MoJ

Dominic Raab made Parole Board’s ‘difficult job next to impossible’

Justice secretary criticised by senior officials after board is ‘last to hear’ about important policy changes

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

Energy costs for courts jumped 50% in five years, says Labour

The party said that Justice Secretary Dominic Raab was holding “victims and taxpayers to ransom”.

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

Barristers strike: Why are criminal lawyers staging indefinite walkout?

All-out industrial action seeks to force government’s hand in long-running dispute

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2022

Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK

Home Office and MoJ plans will require migrants convicted of crimes to take photos up to five times a day

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022

MoJ ‘deeply sorry’ after murderer’s parole dates given to paper before family

Russell Causley, who has never revealed where he hid the body of his wife Carole Packman, is next due to face the Parole Board in October.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022

Charities warn against ministers getting powers to stop early release from jail

Measure would stop prisoners from being let out automatically part-way through sentences if deemed a threat to public

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2022

‘Our theme is relentless love’: England to open first secure school for young offenders

Oasis Restore, which will have bedrooms not cells, aims to revolutionise justice for children convicted of serious crimes

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2022

MPs concerned over number of women in prison

The Ministry of Justice predicts an increase in the female prison population by more than a third in the next three years.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

Women offenders still being jailed despite pledge to cut prisoner numbers, say MPs

Justice committee says little progress made on developing alternatives to custodial sentences as female prison population predicted to rise by a third

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2022

Ministry of Justice wins right to keep temporary Woolwich crown court extension

A temporary extension to Woolwich crown court which was previously judged only good enough to last ten years will be kept permanently, councillors have decided.

Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2022