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Prisons minister announces plans to reverse rise in women prisoners
The prisons minister has said he wants to reverse the rise in number of women prisoners and close a women’s prison. Speaking to the Guardian, James Timpson said at least one of the women’s prisons on ...
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Prisons watchdog says drones delivering weapons to prisons pose a ‘threat to national security’
The head of the prisons watchdog has called for ‘urgent action’ to tackle the ‘threat to national security’ posed by drones bringing contraband into prisons. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie ...
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CCRC chair finally quits and claims to have been ‘scapegoated’
Andrew Malkinson has called for further resignations in the leadership team at the miscarriage of Justice watchdog after its chair finally stepped down claiming to have been ‘scapegoated’. In an ...
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Review of courts system aims to tackle inefficiencies amid historic backlogs
A major new review of the criminal courts system is being initiated to tackle delays and inefficiencies amid historic backlogs. Sir Brian Leveson, former judicial chief for criminal justice, is ...
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‘A clear miscarriage of justice by a judicial system that can’t manage stats and scientific evidence’
A former government minister has told MPs that he believes Lucy Letby is ‘a clear miscarriage of justice’ whilst casting doubt on the ability of the courts or the miscarriage of justice watchdog to be ...
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‘Partly excellent, partly abysmal’: 20 years of the CCRC
Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...