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Legal bid over plans to use pepper spray in young offender institutions

Charity Howard League for Penal Reform has sent a letter before claim to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood urging her to withdraw the decision.

The Independent UK

All the major cyber attacks in the UK this year: Are they on the rise?

British companies have toppled like dominoes at the hands of cyber criminals. What happened and are these attacks the new norm?

Evening Standard

Solicitors criticise ‘antiquated’ Legal Aid Agency IT system after cyber attack

Details including criminal records, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and payment information may have been stolen in the attack.

Evening Standard

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Cyber attack on Legal Aid Agency exposed ‘significant amount’ of applicant data

The group that carried out the attack has claimed it accessed 2.1 million pieces of data but the Ministry of Justice has not verified that figure.

The Independent UK

‘I lost my life’: Man wrongly jailed for five years demands fair compensation scheme

The Ministry of Justice acknowledged his innocence but said Brian Buckle must ‘prove it beyond reasonable doubt’

The Independent UK

Rogue prosecutors should be banned from fast-track Single Justice Procedure courts, say magistrates

Rogue prosecutors should be banned from Britain’s controversial fast-track courts if caught abusing the system, say magistrates in a backing for The Standard’s campaign for an overhaul of the Single Justice Procedure (SJP).

Evening Standard

Iraq's justice minister says prisons are at double their capacity as amnesty law takes effect

As a general amnesty law takes effect in Iraq, the country’s prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding, housing more than double their intended capacity, the country’s justice minister said in an interview

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Prison officers may get stab-proof vests after attack ‘by Manchester bomb plotter’

Jail chiefs to conduct snap review of providing protective body armour and access to kitchens suspended

The Independent UK

Protective gear review for prison guards after Manchester bomb plotter attack

The Justice Secretary announced a snap review by the Prison Service to report back in the coming months.

Evening Standard

Killer left unmonitored for two months after release from prison, investigation reveals

Serco has repeatedly come under fire for delays in fitting offenders with tags since it took over the Ministry of Justice’s tagging contract in 2023

The Independent UK

New sentencing laws will drive NZ’s already high imprisonment rates – and budgets – even higher

With the government’s Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill about to become law within days, New Zealand’s already high incarceration rate will almost certainly climb even higher.

The Conversation

Deaf TikTok star’s inquest delayed because of lack of sign language interpreter

Imogen Nunn, 25, died in Brighton, East Sussex, on New Year’s Day 2023 after taking a poisonous substance.

Evening Standard

Details of Tommy Robinson’s life in prison given at High Court hearing

The High Court heard Robinson has a ‘substantially more permissive’ segregation regime than standard prisoners.

The Independent UK

Exploring the link between school exclusion and crime – new research

The rate of children permanently excluded from school in England rose against last year and is higher than before the pandemic.

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Evening Standard

Prison population climbs to six-month high despite early-release scheme

The prison population hit 87,556 on Monday, according to new data published by the Ministry of Justice.

The Independent UK

Prisons face ‘total gridlock’ in 2026 amid failure to increase capacity – MPs

A Westminster committee said lives are being increasingly put at risk by the Government’s historic failures to increase capacity.

Evening Standard

Antonia Romeo named as new top civil servant at the Home Office

Dame Antonia replaces Sir Matthew Rycroft, who announced in February he would leave the Home Office after a 35-year Civil Service career.

Evening Standard

Justice Secretary says backlog will go up despite record court sitting days

The major review led by Sir Brian Leveson is expected to report on reforms to the court system in the spring.

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The Independent UK

Justice Secretary says courts backlog will rise despite record level of sittings

A major review led by Sir Brian Leveson is expected to report on reforms to the court system in the spring.

Evening Standard

Justice chiefs accused by MPs of failing to act quickly to tackle spiralling courts crisis

The Crown Court backlog has spiralled to more than 73,000 cases with the system mired in chronic delays and some trials being listed as far away as 2028

The Independent UK

Heartbreak as wife unable to stop husband’s suicide ‘due to broken intercom’

Isaiah Adekunle Olugosi took his own life in his cell overnight between March 27 and 28, 2022

Evening Standard

Woman unable to stop husband’s suicide in prison ‘due to broken intercom’

Isaiah Adekunle Olugosi hanged himself in his HMP Wormwood Scrubs prison cell overnight between March 27 and 28 2022.

Evening Standard

Plans for secretive online magistrates court hearings axed in media victory for open justice

Plans to allow more secrecy in magistrates courts dropped after backlash condemning the idea as ‘justice in the dark’

The Guardian - UK

Raw deal for those who are wrongfully convicted

Letter: Glyn Maddocks and Dr Jon Robins call for the government to repeal the 2014 change to the law on compensation and raise the £1m threshold for payouts

The Independent UK

Prison accused of lack of candour in probe into three self-inflicted deaths in 19 days – including ex Dreamboys boss

A coroner has hit out at multiple failures in prison and healthcare services at HMP Lowdham Grange which led to the spate of deaths

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