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Inspectors say NPS ‘paying the price’ for Grayling’s 2015 reforms
Camilla Baldwin juggles advising the super-rich on family law with helping the disadvantaged
MPs’ focus on police numbers contrasts with call for better rehabilitation services
Preference in new contracts for ‘high volume, standardised interventions’ comes under fire
Conservatives and Labour trade blows as second Cambridge university victim is named
Public accounts committee says pressure on system to mount after more police recruited
Ministry of Justice statistics show self-harm incidents are at a record high
Employers are becoming more open to hiring offenders but obstacles remain
As suicides rise 23% in England and Wales, failures of ‘culture and leadership’ come under spotlight
Justice ministry adds 14 crimes to offences where harsher judgments can be sought
Institutions were in a pilot programme using new tactics to address crisis in the system
Prime minister announces 10,000 new prison places in latest populist initiative
Proportion of jails causing ‘serious concern’ points to crisis facing penal system
Unprecedented response to call for action as violence spikes at youth detention centre
UK justice secretary says leniency would improve rehabilitation, in last speech in role
Independent public inquiry urged as report shows rise in self-inflicted deaths
Watchdog cites high levels of violence and squalid conditions
Prison numbers have risen since reforms were introduced in 2015
Renationalisation could boost efficiency of service but initiative has its critics
Chief inspector says current system is ‘irredeemably flawed’
Part-privatisation has led to dislocation of services and calls for radical change
The deprivation of liberty should not be the responsibility of a private company
Failure of HMP Birmingham experiment raises broader questions
Everyone seems to agree test of outsourcing troubled regime has failed
Report accuses ministers of taking ‘crisis management’ approach to jails
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