The Latest Breaking News from Shabana Mahmood

Fewer women may go to jail in England and Wales in sentencing review

Review to examine scrapping short sentences and treating more offenders in the community, with prisons filling up again

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2024

1,100 prisoners to be freed next week in second round of early releases

The Justice Secretary is expected to announce a review of sentencing during the week, which could look at reducing the use of short jail sentences.

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2024

Magistrates handed power to jail for a year in government bid to tackle justice crisis

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood says extending magistrates powers will help ease the prisons crisis

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2024

New poll reveals public demand for prisoner early releases to be linked to drug testing

Exclusive: As new justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has been forced to release thousands of prisoners early, new polling reveals that the public want it linked to drug testing

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2024

Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas?

Cherrypicking what has worked from decriminalisation abroad is far preferable to building more prisons, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024

Father trapped in jail 18 years after being given 8-month sentence – for waving a starting pistol

Exclusive: James Lawrence was jailed for eight months in 2006 – and is still there. His mother Mandy said: ‘In his time, he’s seen murderers come in and murderers go home’

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2024

Prisoners could cut jail time by earning points in Texas-style reforms to ease overcrowding crisis

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to be planning a visit to Texas later this year as part of an attempt to mirror their approach to reducing high prison populations

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2024

Prison isn’t working for women, Labour says, as it unveils plans for alternatives

Shabana Mahmood tells conference she wants more help in community for offenders and fewer cases going to court

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood unveils plan to shut women’s prisons amid overcrowding crisis

‘Around two-thirds did not commit a violent crime yet are sent to prisons desperate for places’

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024

A rushed UK law is no way to make such a vital, painful decision as how to die

An over-simple bill on a complex matter like assisted dying will fail to protect those who are most at risk

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024