UK prisons predicted to hit capacity by 2026 despite government's expansion plans, MPs warn
The HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) remains operating 'hand to mouth', while the service acknowledges it as ...
UK prisons could run out of space within a year and only half of new places will be built
The ambitious 2021 plans to introduce 20,000 new prison places by the mid-2020s are set to be delivered five years behind ...
Prison fights and violence surge as warning issued over 'pressure cooker' jails
MPs have warned the prison service is operating 'hand to mouth' as it scrambles from one crisis to another - with jails set ...
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Who is Jenny Chapman, the new UK development minister?
Ten years ago, when the United Kingdom’s new development minister, Jenny Chapman, was Labour’s shadow prisons minister, she ...
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New plan revealed to kick foreign prisoners out of country as 10,000 still in UK jails
There are more than 10,000 foreign national offenders (FNOs) in British jails. They make up around 12% of the total prison ...
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Prisons Overcrowding Crisis to Force Keir Starmer to Release Thousands More Prisoners Early
The crisis followed the last Conservative Government's failure to fulfil its promise to build up to 20,000 more prisons ...
Inside new UK 'super-prison' that's a hotbed for female staff who sleep with inmates
Three female prison officers have been found to have had inappropriate relationships with inmates at the recently opened HMP ...
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UK to Speed Up Deportation of Foreign Criminals
Foreign national offenders (FNOs) will be deported quicker thanks to a new £5 million government investment in prisons across ...
Ministers must get a grip of broken benefits system, Rachel Reeves insists
Rachel Reeves has doubled down on the need to reform the welfare system, insisting the Government must “get a grip” on it ...
Foreign criminals to be deported quicker to free up space in UK’s overcrowded prisons
Foreign criminals will be deported quicker as part of an immigration crackdown aimed at freeing up spaces in crowded prisons. A new crack squad will see specialist staff sent to 80 prisons in England ...