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A Devon jail is set to almost double in size as the Government ploughs ahead with the largest prison building programme since the Victoria era.
Reoffending by burglars, robbers and thieves has been cut by 20 percent thanks to the tracking of their movements with tags, a new report has found.
Extra specialist staff, a bolstered senior leadership team and improved training for frontline officers will be deployed urgently at HMP Pentonville.
Organised crime gangs are being targeted by the police and prison service as part of a nationwide crackdown on drone drops into prisons.
Communities blighted by prolific offenders will be better protected as part of an expansion of revolutionary new courts aimed at cutting less serious crime.
Thousands of criminals could soon be managed by revolutionary new technology to enhance how the justice system monitors offenders and cuts reoffending.
Violence is rife in overcrowded, unsafe prisons, with offenders nearly twenty per cent more likely to be involved in assaults in too full jails, new research published today (19 June) reveals.
Top tech experts are meeting the Justice Secretary as part of a Government drive to use AI and technology to transform the justice system and cut crime.
Reports of bullying and harassment are 鈥渁 wake-up call and an opportunity to change鈥�, Lord Timpson said today (6 May), after a review recommended wholesale change to how HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) deals with com鈥�
Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, sets out how the government is responding to Jennifer Rademaker鈥檚 Review into professional standards in HMPPS.
The first prisoners have been locked up at a new jail that will create nearly 1,500 prison places, helping to cut crime and make streets safer today as part of the Government鈥檚 Plan for Change (23 April).
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has today (4 April) launched the Future Prison Leaders Programme to recruit and train the next generation of prison leaders.
鈥淧ublic safety must never be put at risk again by the failure to have enough prison places鈥�, Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said as she opened a new nearly 1,500-place prison in Yorkshire.
More dangerous criminals will be taken off the streets thanks to a 700-place expansion which will turn a Suffolk jail into the UK鈥檚 largest public sector prison.
Foreign national offenders (FNOs) will be deported quicker thanks to a new 拢5 million government investment in prisons across England and Wales.
Probation staff will focus more of their time on prolific offenders and monitoring the most dangerous people
Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) joined forces with His Majesty鈥檚 Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to help prisoners develop their horticulture skills.
Victims of domestic abuse will be better protected as part of a new law ensuring even more abusers face tougher management from police and probation.
Cutting crime and reducing the number of vulnerable women being sent to prison is top of the agenda at the first meeting of the Women鈥檚 Justice Board.
A new report shows how drug-fuelled crime is being tackled through tough community sentences to get offenders with addiction issues back on straight and narrow.
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