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Prisons in England and Wales will be at ‘breaking point’ in July, governors told

Exclusive: heads of prisons say they will no longer be able to accept new inmates ‘very soon’ after 4 July election

The Guardian - UK

Bid to cut crown court backlog no longer achievable, spending watchdog warns

Cases waiting to be heard hit record levels instead of falling, with most taking nearly two years to go ahead

The Independent UK

Court backlog target in England and Wales no longer achievable, says NAO

Watchdog says outstanding caseload has increased from 60,000 to 67,573 since MoJ set target of 53,000 in 2021

The Guardian - UK

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Bailiff evictions of renting households at six-year high, says MoJ

Protesters call for rent controls as 2,682 households evicted in first quarter of 2024 in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Court delays imposed in emergency measure due to prison places crisis

Court hearings are set to be delayed and detained suspects could be set free as Operation Early Dawn triggered

Evening Standard

Government triggers crisis measure to ease prison overcrowding

Exclusive: Operation Safeguard confirmed by Ministry of Justice after damning report on conditions in one of UK’s biggest jails

The Guardian - UK

Prisons ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as inmates forced to share single cells

Longer sentences and court backlogs push 25% of prisoners in England and Wales into shared cells, adding to drug-use and violence

The Guardian - UK

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Legal profession’s most powerful among members of London’s men-only Garrick Club

Roll-call of gentlemen’s club, which bars women, includes judges, barristers and ministers

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a very unfair system’: family of man who took his own life criticise indefinite sentences

Relatives of Francis Williams say threat of return to prison without committing another crime was ‘torture’ for him

The Guardian - UK

Killer pilot takes legal action against minister’s decision to block release

BA captain Robert Brown beat his wife Joanna Simpson to death with a claw hammer in their family home in October 2010.

Evening Standard

Government 'unlawful' when it snubbed 'bare minimum' pay hike for Legal Aid solicitors, says High Court

The justice system is set to 'wither beyond repair' without proper funding, solicitors warn

Evening Standard

No very young children imprisoned in England and Wales since 2010, MoJ data shows

Justice system is more reluctant to criminalise 10- and 11-year-olds but government refuses to raise age of criminal responsibility

The Guardian - UK

Over 5,500 unpaid work orders not completed after two years in England and Wales

Exclusive: Orders should be done within a year of sentence as experts blame ‘chronic understaffing’ in probation service

The Guardian - UK

MoJ steps in at private prison after series of suspected suicides

Governor sacked and a review of conditions launched at HMP Lowdham Grange near Nottingham

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Ministry of Justice plan to destroy historical wills is ‘insane’, say experts

Department hopes to save £4.5m a year by digitising – then binning – about 100m wills that date back 150 years

The Independent UK

Family of murdered toddler James Bulger ‘relieved’ killer kept behind bars

James’s mother Denise Fergus said she was ‘terrified’ at the prospect of Jon Venables’s release from prison

Evening Standard

Criminals to plant 4,000 trees in London this winter as Government seeks to ease pressure on prisons

Offenders who receive short sentences after being convicted of crimes such as drink driving and shoplifting are planting trees instead of serving time in prison

The Guardian - UK

Over 1,800 offenders to have indefinite jail sentences terminated, says MoJ

Imprisonment for public protection sentences will now have an end date under changes in England and Wales

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The Independent UK

Government to discuss tougher sentences for domestic and knife killers

‘For some evil people, murder is the brutal final act of a controlling and coercive relationship with their partner,’ said a government minister

The Independent UK

Sending prisoners abroad to cost at least £200m and won’t happen until 2026, government’s own report warns

Justice secretary Alex Chalk plans to send prisoners to jails abroad to ease overcrowding

The Independent UK

Government grants permission for new prison despite council rejecting plans

Michael Gove intervened and granted planning permission for the new prison near Market Harborough after an appeal from the Ministry of Justice.

The Independent UK

Ministers cut the amount of time offenders have to declare convictions

Offenders who have committed serious sexual, violent, or terrorist offences are excluded from the changes.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: one in three jailed pregnant women in England and Wales still to face trial

New data on prisons has added to calls by campaigners to end custodial sentences for expectant mothers

The Guardian - UK

Prison suicides in England and Wales rise by nearly a quarter

Campaigners lament ‘appalling statistics’ that also show steep rise in female prisoners self-harming

The Independent UK

Senior judge to chair inquiry into wrongful rape conviction of Andrew Malkinson

Mr Malkinson had his 2003 conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal in July.

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