Prisons in Parliament
Posted: February 29, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs in prison, Prison governor training, prison officers Leave a commentPrisoner drug testing and prison governor training
Widespread drug testing in prisons planned in April: Image, Jason Cope
Prisons in Parliament keeping you up-to-date on the last week of politics and prisons. What has been said and by whom? Find out here…
Prisons in the press – 26 February
Posted: February 26, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Drones, drugs, education, legal highs, Ministry of Justice, overcrowding, remand Leave a commentDrones, drugs and the d’Urbervilles…
Could the bones found in Dorchester’s former prison be that of the girl who inspired Thomas Hardy? Image: George Bayntun
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Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
Joint enterprise: what happens after Supreme Court’s historic ruling?
Posted: February 25, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: black prisoners, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Jengba, joint enterprise, minorities, Supreme Court Leave a commentPrisoners can now appeal murder sentences
The UK Supreme Court. Source: Wikimedia Commons
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The law on joint enterprise has been misapplied for the past 30 years, the Supreme Court ruled last week, meaning some prisoners could now lodge appeals. The BBC called it a “moment of genuine legal history”.
There has been much speculation since that hundreds of prisoners convicted using the law will now be released. But is that what will really happen?
Home Office refuses to publish internal analysis of immigration detention system
Posted: February 24, 2016 Filed under: News Leave a commentHome Office will not release detention review findings, minister confirms
Image: Live4Soccer(L4S), Flickr
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Evasive answers
A Conservative Minister has confirmed that the Home Office will not publish the findings of its upcoming review into the purposes of the UK immigration detention system.
Prisons in Parliament
Posted: February 22, 2016 Filed under: News Leave a commentSuspended sentencing: The stats unlocked
Suspended. Image: Andy Piper
Prisons in Parliament keeping you up-to-date on the last week of politics and prisons. What has been said and by whom? Find out here…
Prisons in the press – 19 February
Posted: February 19, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs, Frances Crook, poor conditions, prison governors, prisons and probation ombudsman, suicide Leave a commentPrisoners locked out of jail and couples line up to tie the knot behind bars
How a cigarette break led two prisoners to freedom. Image: Alexandre Dulaunoy
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Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
Leicester prisoners left unaccounted for: The “chaos” of overcrowding
Posted: February 18, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Inspectorate of Prisons report, leicester prison, overcrowding, violence 2 CommentsDrugs and violence rife amid deteriorating conditions
“Too many prisoners felt unsafe”: Photo Isriya Paireepairit
Prison staff did not always know where inmates were in violent, overcrowded prison, a damning report has revealed.
Prisons in Parliament
Posted: February 15, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs, Fire, learning disabilities, PIP 1 CommentMinisters get fired up: Drugs and mental health provision debated this week
How many fires have there been in prison over the last five years? Image: Premasager
Prisons in Parliament keeping you up-to-date on the last week of politics and prisons. What has been said and by whom? Find out here…
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Prisons in the press – 12 February
Posted: February 12, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: David Cameron, legal highs, mothers, rat, suicide, Wrexham Leave a commentThe biggest prison shake-up for a century and a painful rat infestation
A prisoner is set to sue after claiming to have been bitten by a rat in his cell. Image: Vic DeLeon
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Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
Cameron’s prison reforms merely ‘expansion and privatisation’ of criminal justice
Posted: February 11, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Cameron speech, CCJS, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, David Cameron, Frances Crook, policy exchange, Prison reform, Richard Garside, The Howard League for Penal Reform 2 CommentsPrime minister promises ‘biggest shake-up’ in prisons since Victorian times but experts are sceptical
‘Resetting the debate’: Cameron announces prison reforms. Photo: Conservative Party
David Cameron has undone decades of Conservative rhetoric of being ‘tough on crime,’ admitting that Britain’s prison system has been a “scandalous failure” for years and calling for reform to be the “great progressive cause” of British politics.
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