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Woman arrested over Wandsworth Prison ‘inmate and officer sex video’

Video emerged appearing to show a female prison officer having sex with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth

The Independent UK

New statistics call into question Sunak’s claim of clearing asylum backlog

Thousands of cases refused in clearing exercise have surfaced in appeals process, with 10,000 lodged in first three months of year

The Guardian - UK

‘People should not wait two years to be tried’: inside the crown court crisis

With missing defendants, dodgy video links and crumbling walls, a typical day at Snaresbrook show why 68,125 cases are waiting to be heard in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

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More trauma for rape victims as court backlog doubles in two years due to lawyer shortage

Exclusive: ‘The impact on women who have been waiting so long is devastating and we are aware of at least one attempted suicide,’ lawyer says

The Independent UK

Police chiefs say prison crisis in England and Wales is ‘unsustainable’

Public safety said to be at risk as a result of crisis measures such as freeing convicted criminals to ease overcrowding

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

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Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman says deepfake was 'incredibly invasive'

The Ministry of Justice has announced creating a sexually explicit deepfake image will be made an offence under new legislation

Evening Standard

Lawyers call on judges in Garrick Club to give up membership

Exclusive: Letter with more than 60 signatories says membership ‘perpetuates systemic discrimination against women’

The Guardian - UK

Barrister says 'truly dreadful' London court has 'ugliest courtrooms' amid calls for funding

Barrister Philip Stott took aim at the 1970s extension to Inner London crown court in Borough

Evening Standard

Pressure mounts for rethink on ‘fast track’ justice after more outcry over cases

Pressure grows to change controversial single justice procedure as Standard reveals more worrying cases

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

UK prison where baby died gives women rape alarms to call for help during labour

Campaigners renew calls to end incarceration of pregnant women after introduction of measure at HMP Bronzefield

The Guardian - UK

Destroying paper wills is guaranteeing problems down the line

Letters: Mistakes and disputes will be inevitable if scanned digital copies are used instead, writes former judge Roger Bartlett. Plus letters from Andy Clarke and Dr Keith Flett

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Sunak failing on pledge to tackle prison overcrowding as less than half of promised pop-up cells built

Exclusive: Pop-up cells are not suitable for dangerous prisoners and can only be used in certain jails

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on digital-only archives: material items still matter to historians

Editorial: The Ministry of Justice is planning to scan tens of millions of wills and destroy most of the originals. Does it realise what will be lost?

The Independent UK

Thousands of children waiting nearly a year in ‘unacceptable’ custody courts backlog

‘Children should not be paying the cost of the government’s failure to fix the broken family justice system,’ Law Society president warns

The Guardian - UK

Illegal evictions in England hit record high, but less than 1% of landlords convicted

Tenants are often thrown out and their possessions stolen in ‘the most brutal of robberies’

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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

The Guardian - UK

Chinese prisoner’s ID card apparently found in lining of Regatta coat

UK brand says investigation shows individual was paid employee, not inmate, as Derbyshire customer raises concern over prison labour [update - see footnote]

The Independent UK

Government blasted for refusing to resentence inmates trapped in jail with no hope of release

‘Unfinished business’: Justice committee chair Bob Neill welcomes licence reforms but calls for government to resentence IPP prisoners

The Independent UK

UK spending £1.5m on minibuses and electric vehicles for Albania prisons

New details show that part of the multi-million deal is going towards kitting the Albanian prison service out with new vehicles

The Independent UK

UK spending £1.5m on minibuses and electric vehicles for Albanian prison system

New details show that part of the multi-million deal is going towards kitting the Albanian prison service out with new vehicles.

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

Government blames data error for figures showing suspects trapped five years in prison without trial

Government unable to say how long suspects are spending in jail while awaiting trial – as remand prison population soars

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