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    • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
      LexUK politics
      UK labour shortage: jobs for ex-offenders are no quick fix Premium content

      Inmates close to release have often not received the support and training needed to prepare for work

      Inside Pentonville prison in London, England
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      UK employers pressed to hire more prison leavers

      Government initiative aims to expand existing schemes for ex-offenders and help plug shortages in labour markets

      A prison officer on the landing of a prison
    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Frances Crook
      Probation failures have deep roots and horrific consequences

      Minimal reorganisation could revive the public service and reduce such tragedies as Zara Aleena’s murder

      A protester holds a papier-mache model of justice secretary Chris Grayling at a rally in London
    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      UK justice ministry requisitions police cells after jails fill up

      Government blames barristers’ strike for a surge in number of prisoners on remand

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      UK crime
      UK criminal justice creaking under ‘unacceptable’ levels of delay

      Sector was under-resourced at start of Covid crisis and is still struggling to recover, inspectors find

    • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
      Gaps in probation support raise risk of reoffending, say watchdogs

      Warning comes in wake of failed privatised probation arrangements and amid delays from court backlogs

      Prison cell
    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
      Reform groups hit out at No10 prison drug strategy

      Criminal justice groups say testing targets and high-tech scanning equipment fail to address root causes

      A prison guard at HMP Pentonville
    • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
      Sarah O'Connor
      ‘Orange collar’ workers are not the best solution to labour shortages

      Companies should pay attention to the message from the marketplace instead of plugging gaps with prisoners

      A hard hat is positioned behind a prison barred window
    • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      A rethink is needed on handling young offenders

      Scandal at a secure training centre is latest in a string of problems

      Rainsbrook: the Commons justice committee has questioned why MTC was given two more years to run the centre, despite its poor performance
    • Friday, 17 July, 2020
      UK outsourcing
      G4S plea deal cut after slow response to fraud inquiry

      Judge applies reduced discount on security company’s fine over prisoner tagging

    • Friday, 10 July, 2020
      UK outsourcing
      G4S drafts £38.5m deal to settle tagging scandal with fraud office

      SFO says group’s subsidiary misled Ministry of Justice about true extent of profits

    • Sunday, 7 June, 2020
      UK outsourcing
      Outsourcers to manage two new prisons in England

      Move comes despite renationalisation of the probation service

    • Saturday, 4 April, 2020
      Prisoners set to be released early due to Covid-19 threat

      Ministers seek to avert serious coronavirus outbreak in overcrowded jails

    • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
      News in-depthCoronavirus
      Prisons brace for surge in coronavirus cases

      Pre-emptive release, lockdowns and sanitary measures urgently needed, experts warn

      Signage is seen outside of Rikers Island, a prison facility, where multiple cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Queens, New York City, U.S., March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
    • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
      London’s Pentonville prison lambasted by inspectors

      Lack of progress at jail despite pledges from managers after damning report last year

      Pentonville Prison London UK. (Photo by Photofusion/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
      UK immigration
      Serco wins contract to run immigration detention centres

      Concerns over outsourcing after previous provider G4S accused of ‘system failure’

      File photo dated 18/03/09 of a general view of Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, next to Gatwick Airport in West Sussex. Serco is to take over the running of two immigration detention centres, Brook House and Tinsley Housein West Sussex, after G4S pulled out and decided not to renew its contracts. PA Photo. Issue date: Thursday February 20, 2020. See PA story PRISONS BrookHouse. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      Terrorism in UK
      UK ministers warned over plan to extend jail terms for terrorists

      Law groups say hurried legislation after Streatham attack could be a mistake

      Police activity at the scene following the terror attack in Streatham High Road, south London by Sudesh Amman, 20, who was shot dead by armed police following what police declared as a terrorist-related incident. PA Photo. Picture date: Monday February 3, 2020. See PA story POLICE Streatham. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
    • Monday, 3 February, 2020
      Terrorism in UK
      UK plans to delay early release of terror offenders

      Justice secretary to push retrospective laws on prison terms in wake of Streatham stabbings

      Police search Streatham High Road, south London on Monday, after Sudesh Amman had stabbed two people there the previous day.
    • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
      Terrorism in UK
      Probation boosted and sentences lengthened in new terror reforms

      Changes form part of a new Counter-Terrorism Bill for England and Wales

      A police officer places a floral tribute near the scene of a stabbing on London Bridge, in London, Britain, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville
    • Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
      Overworked staff and vacancies hit probation service

      Inspectors say NPS ‘paying the price’ for Grayling’s 2015 reforms

      CC1EH4 Surrey probation service where probation officer meets with young offender in hostel
    • Monday, 30 December, 2019
      Work & Careers
      The divorce lawyer fighting the corner for female prisoners

      Camilla Baldwin juggles advising the super-rich on family law with helping the disadvantaged

      Divorce lawyer who has set up a clinic for women in prison helping advise them on family law and their rights involving their children. Camilla Baldwin. 22/10/19
    • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
      UK politics
      Election exposes gulf between justice experts and politicians

      MPs’ focus on police numbers contrasts with call for better rehabilitation services

      JE83FJ Police officers demonstrate attending a domestic incident during training. The focus of the event is to demonstrate the transparency around Dorset Police's use of force and the challenges involved, along with an overview of equipment and the skills that improve public and officer safety. ?This comes ahead of the publication of use of force data by individual police forces nationally at the end of July. Officers demonstrate attending a domestic incident Credit: Finnbarr Webster/Alamy Live News
    • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
      Probation service reforms criticised over commitment to rehabilitation

      Preference in new contracts for ‘high volume, standardised interventions’ comes under fire

      BCD24K Convicted criminals doing painting and decorating in orange tabards with community payback slogan on the back
    • Sunday, 1 December, 2019
      Terrorism in UK
      Politicians play blame game after tragedy of London Bridge

      Conservatives and Labour trade blows as second Cambridge university victim is named

      A police officer places a floral tribute near the scene of a stabbing on London Bridge, in London, Britain, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville
    • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
      UK politics
      UK court reform slipping further behind schedule, MPs warn

      Public accounts committee says pressure on system to mount after more police recruited

      Gold Lady Justice Statue on the top of the Old Bailey in London, England, with a sunset sky in the background
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