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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 Independent UK

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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 Guardian - 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.

The Independent UK

Probation officers fear repeat of failings in murder case as pressures mount

Moves to free up prison places in England and Wales have prompted panic in already overstretched probation service

The Guardian - UK

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RAAC: Courts affected by unsafe concrete revealed for the first time

Seven courts were originally identified as containing potentially dangerous concrete

Evening Standard

MoJ ‘put public at risk’ after quietly transferring inmates to open prisons

Leaked document emerges as domestic abuse survivors seek clarification over plans to cut sentences for ‘low-level’ offenders

The Guardian - UK

Ex-victims’ commissioner reappointed to role for one-year term

Baroness Helen Newlove, whose husband was killed in 2007, previously held the post between 2013 and 2019.

The Independent UK

UK strategy for preventing repeat deaths ’a systemic scandal’

After inquests, coroners can make recommendations to prevent similar deaths from happening. But their suggestions are not being implemented and the system needs urgent reform, say campaigners

The Independent UK

Coroners’ warning loophole branded a ‘systemic scandal’ amid calls for overhaul

The Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody had made a host of recommendations to improve the use of Prevention of Future Death reports.

The Independent UK

Two-thirds of prisons officially overcrowded in England and Wales

HMP Wandsworth holding more extra prisoners than any other jail despite recent high-profile problems

The Guardian - UK

Minister to set out reforms as prison overcrowding reaches ‘critical point’

Health Secretary Steve Barclay acknowledged there is ‘huge pressure’ on the prison system.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

England and Wales judges told not to jail criminals as prisons full – report

Senior judge quoted by the Times says ‘biggest concern’ over guidance is those convicted of sexual assault likely to stay on bail

The Independent UK

Killer pilot’s release from prison blocked by Justice Secretary

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

The Independent UK

Jade’s Law: Killer parents will have parental rights taken away, justice secretary to announce

Alex Chalk will outline plans to introduce the law before parliament by end of year at Tory party conference

The Independent UK

Killer parents to have parental rights taken away, Justice Secretary to announce

At the Tory party conference, Alex Chalk will outline plans to introduce ‘Jade’s Law’ before Parliament by the end of the year.

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The Guardian - UK

Plan for 20,000 more prison places in England and Wales won’t be complete until 2030

The £4bn project was due to be finished by mid 2020s but delays mean it will not be able to head off current capacity crisis

The Guardian - UK

Criminals in England and Wales spared jail sentences because of overcrowding

Judges and magistrates told to consider high prison population opting for suspended sentences instead of immediate jail terms

The Guardian - UK

Pepper spray could be used at young offender institutions in England and Wales

Exclusive: Whitehall sources say use of Pava to incapacitate children is under consideration amid sharp rise in violence

The Guardian - UK

The state of prisons in England and Wales – in numbers

Prison populations and deaths are rising while staff numbers and funds are falling

The Week

Daniel Khalife escape: how secure are UK prisons?

The escape of terror suspect Daniel Khalife from Wandsworth prison was hardly “The Shawshank Redemption”, said The Independent, but the “audacious” breakout invited a great deal of attention – and the “clamour for a scapegoat”.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: An escaped suspect is far from the only crisis for the prison system

In today’s newsletter: As a manhunt is underway for 21-year-old Daniel Khalife, prisons struggle with overcrowding, suicide and staff shortages

The Guardian - UK

Criminals to be forced to attend sentencing in England and Wales

MoJ proposes new powers for judges, but caution raised over potentially disruptive behaviour by prisoners compelled to appear

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