Prisons are in a 'shocking' state, Sir Keir Starmer warns - as Labour government prepares to start letting thousands of inmates out early to ease overcrowding
8 months, 1 week ago

Prisons are in a 'shocking' state, Sir Keir Starmer warns - as Labour government prepares to start letting thousands of inmates out early to ease overcrowding

Daily Mail  

Prisons are in a 'shocking' state, Sir Keir Starmer said last night as the Labour government prepares to start letting thousands of inmates out early to ease overcrowding. Sir Keir Starmer revealed the situation in jails across England and Wales is 'worse than I thought' and branded Conservative ministers 'reckless' for not tackling the crisis when they were in power Sir Keir confirmed that his new administration will within days introduce drastic measures to reduce the pressure – but insisted that the risk of dangerous criminals being let loose will be addressed 'I'm pretty shocked that it's been allowed to get into that situation. But amid warnings that there are now only 700 spare spaces in adult male jails, new Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood will be forced to introduce a more radical policy by the end of the week. But amid warnings that there are now only 700 spare spaces in adult male jails, new Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood will be forced to introduce a more radical policy by the end of the week It is expected to mean that criminals given standard determinate sentences of less than four years are released after serving 40 per cent of their terms rather than at the usual halfway point It is expected to mean that criminals given standard determinate sentences of less than four years are released after serving 40 per cent of their terms rather than at the usual halfway point.

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Prisons are the problem, not the solution
1 month ago

Prisons are the problem, not the solution

The Independent  

As a former probation officer and someone who worked extensively with criminal justice organisations in the UK and Ireland, I read with interest your correspondent Phillip Pound’s observations on the “Prison Works” debate. I agree that if you confine the debate to the fact that the public is safe from dangerous people actually serving sentences then prison does indeed “work.” …

UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds
1 month ago

UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The UK’s prison overcrowding crisis has been fuelled by politicians‘ …

Send more convicts to open prisons to ease overcrowding crisis in jails and reduce reoffending, urges Labour adviser
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Send more convicts to open prisons to ease overcrowding crisis in jails and reduce reoffending, urges Labour adviser

Daily Mail  

More convicts should be sent to low-security open prisons to ease overcrowding in jails and reduce reoffending, a Government adviser has urged. David Gauke, the ex-Tory justice secretary who is now leading Labour's sentencing review, claimed the current prisons crisis offered 'an opportunity' for change. Thousands of prisoners have been released early in recent months after Labour cut the proportion …

How did our prisons get so crowded and can the cell blockage be solved?
3 months, 1 week ago

How did our prisons get so crowded and can the cell blockage be solved?

The Independent  

The headline news is that the prisons crisis is not going to get much better for many years. The justice secretary Shabana Mahmood warns that despite the current, deeply unpopular, prisoner release scheme and plans to create 14,000 more prison places by 2031, the authorities could still run out of space over the next few years. So the UK keeps …

UK prisons set to run out of space within seven years, says justice minister
3 months, 1 week ago

UK prisons set to run out of space within seven years, says justice minister

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This capacity strategy will ensure no government runs out of prison places again Justice Secretary …

Britain cannot build its way out of prisons crisis, Justice Secretary tells MPs
3 months, 1 week ago

Britain cannot build its way out of prisons crisis, Justice Secretary tells MPs

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We simply cannot build our way out of this problem, so in order to …

More criminals will be spared jail to cope with shortfall of 12,400 prison spaces: Offenders will live under house arrest and wear tags - with Labour's early release scheme set to continues for years
3 months, 2 weeks ago

More criminals will be spared jail to cope with shortfall of 12,400 prison spaces: Offenders will live under house arrest and wear tags - with Labour's early release scheme set to continues for years

Daily Mail  

More criminals will be spared jail after a damning report revealed the full scale of the overcrowding crisis. The current expansion plans are 'insufficient to meet projected future demand', with the MoJ 'relying' on measures like the sentencing review announced in October to 'reduce demand for prison places and close the gap between demand and capacity' and 'address a projected …

Prisons overcrowding crisis: Why are some criminals being released early?
5 months ago

Prisons overcrowding crisis: Why are some criminals being released early?

The Independent  

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Another 1,100 prisoners will be freed next week under Labour's early release scheme - after offenders started committing crime within hours when last batch were allowed out
5 months ago

Another 1,100 prisoners will be freed next week under Labour's early release scheme - after offenders started committing crime within hours when last batch were allowed out

Daily Mail  

Another 1,100 prisoners are due to be freed at the start of next week under Labour's controversial early release scheme. An inmate leaving HMP Liverpool on September 10 under the scheme People spray a man with sparkling wine after he walked out of HMP Nottingham on September 10 This is the moment police immediately re-arrested a man at the prison …

Britain faced ‘total breakdown of law and order’ without early release of prisoners, minister claims
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Britain faced ‘total breakdown of law and order’ without early release of prisoners, minister claims

The Independent  

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The great escape! Prison population drops by 2,188 in a week after Keir Starmer's early release scheme - so how full is YOUR local jail now?
6 months, 1 week ago

The great escape! Prison population drops by 2,188 in a week after Keir Starmer's early release scheme - so how full is YOUR local jail now?

Daily Mail  

The adult prison population dropped by more than 2,000 in the week that the Government freed hundreds of inmates early, official figures revealed today. Inmate Stuart Bennett dances in the street after being released from HMP Leeds on Tuesday People spray a man with sparkling wine after he walked out of HMP Nottingham on Tuesday Ex-Hollywood actor Jason Hoganson, 53, …

Fury as Labour's Justice Secretary reveals freed prisoners are set to be housed in taxpayer-funded hotels as part of early release scheme
6 months, 1 week ago

Fury as Labour's Justice Secretary reveals freed prisoners are set to be housed in taxpayer-funded hotels as part of early release scheme

Daily Mail  

The Justice Secretary has announced in the Commons that prisoners freed under the early release scheme could be housed in taxpayer-funded hotels, once space runs out in community accommodation. Domestic abusers and sex offenders were among the 1,700 people freed by Labour's early prisoner release scheme today, sparking fears of a 'ticking time bomb' before more crimes occur. The move …

Overcrowding forces release of UK prisoners
6 months, 1 week ago

Overcrowding forces release of UK prisoners

China Daily  

Chronic overcrowding in prisons in England and Wales forced the United Kingdom government to release 1,700 inmates on Tuesday, in a move that has been criticized by victims' advocates and opposition lawmakers. The mass release, which was made in addition to the usual weekly release of around 1,000 inmates, came as the UK's prison population passed 88,000, and as institutions …

The next generation of Labour voters? Rogues gallery of criminals let out of jail early include 'one-man crime wave' car thief, Brit flick actor on his 110th offence and thug thanking rioters for 'doi
6 months, 1 week ago

The next generation of Labour voters? Rogues gallery of criminals let out of jail early include 'one-man crime wave' car thief, Brit flick actor on his 110th offence and thug thanking rioters for 'doi

Daily Mail  

A 'one-man crime wave' car thief, drug dealer who proclaimed 'I'm a lifelong Labour voter now' and thug who said 'riots did us a favour' were freed from jail early today. Tareen Shakil hugs his mother as he leaves prison in Birmingham six weeks early after serving half of a four year sentence for drug related offences Djaber Benallaoua, who …

Around 1,700 prisoners to be freed from jail early amid reoffending warning
6 months, 1 week ago

Around 1,700 prisoners to be freed from jail early amid reoffending warning

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If people are coming out, they’re not properly prepared, and they’re homeless, then what …

Fears domestic abusers will be released from prison under early release scheme
6 months, 1 week ago

Fears domestic abusers will be released from prison under early release scheme

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Fears have been raised that domestic abusers are “slipping through the net” …

Victims are not being warned their attackers are being freed early under Labour's mass prisoner release plan and could face a 'horrible shock' - with 1,700 inmates to be set free TODAY
6 months, 1 week ago

Victims are not being warned their attackers are being freed early under Labour's mass prisoner release plan and could face a 'horrible shock' - with 1,700 inmates to be set free TODAY

Daily Mail  

Victims are not being warned their attackers are being freed early under Labour's mass prisoner release plan. More than 5,000 prisoners, including violent offenders, will be freed over the next six weeks under plans drawn up by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood. Claire Waxman, the victims' commissioner for London, warned of the 'horrible shock' this will cause and could endanger victims …

Prisons prepare to lay on coaches to move hundreds of inmates out of jails in controversial early release scheme
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Prisons prepare to lay on coaches to move hundreds of inmates out of jails in controversial early release scheme

Daily Mail  

Prisons are preparing to lay on coaches to move hundreds of inmates out of jails as part of an early release scheme. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood during a visit to HMP Bedford in Harpur, Bedfordshire, as she announces plans to address prison overcrowding A prison guard walks past HMP Wandsworth prison on July 12, 2024. The Eastern European country has …

Prisons watchdog warns 'risky' offenders will be among 2,000 inmates given early release next week as Keir Starmer tries to ease overcrowding and find space to jail race rioters
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Prisons watchdog warns 'risky' offenders will be among 2,000 inmates given early release next week as Keir Starmer tries to ease overcrowding and find space to jail race rioters

Daily Mail  

Labour's decision to free thousands of prisoners early to ease jail overcrowding will result in 'risky' offenders being released, the prisons watchdog has warned. Charlie Taylor also said that plans to release 2,000 inmates next week after serving just 40 per cent of their sentences would lead to an 'inevitable' increase in homelessness and knock-on risk of re-offending. And the …

Probation chief voices concerns ahead of changes to prisoner early release
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Probation chief voices concerns ahead of changes to prisoner early release

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It is “inevitable that things will go wrong” when prisoners …

More prisons will be built following changes to planning system, says Starmer
6 months, 3 weeks ago

More prisons will be built following changes to planning system, says Starmer

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer said more prisons will be built to …

Starmer reveals he was forced to check prison capacity every day during riots
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer reveals he was forced to check prison capacity every day during riots

The Independent  

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Starmer says rioters ‘exploited broken prisons system’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer says rioters ‘exploited broken prisons system’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sir Keir added that the decision to release prisoners early was difficult and “goes …

Magistrates urged to delay locking up criminals in a bid to ease overcrowding
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Magistrates urged to delay locking up criminals in a bid to ease overcrowding

The Independent  

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It will be a long stretch until our jails are fit for purpose
7 months ago

It will be a long stretch until our jails are fit for purpose

The Independent  

After years of underfunding and neglect, it should come as no surprise that the British prison system has broken down, even before it has had to cope with an influx of many hundreds of inmates to be detained at His Majesty’s pleasure following the recent riots. So it has proved – and in what the prisons minister James Timpson calls …

Riots push overcrowded prisons to breaking point triggering ‘one in, one out’ measures
7 months ago

Riots push overcrowded prisons to breaking point triggering ‘one in, one out’ measures

The Independent  

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Emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding activated as more rioters are sentenced
7 months ago

Emergency measures to ease prison overcrowding activated as more rioters are sentenced

The Independent  

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Britain takes emergency action to prevent prisons in northern England from becoming overcrowded
7 months ago

Britain takes emergency action to prevent prisons in northern England from becoming overcrowded

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain has taken emergency action to prevent prisons from becoming overcrowded as hundreds of people are sentenced in connection with the civil unrest that gripped the country earlier this month. Under the measures, defendants in northern England will be held in police cells while awaiting early court appearances, and they will be summoned to court only when there …

Britain's soft justice scandal: Career criminals with more than 100 previous convictions are being SPARED jail - with the number almost tripling in 16 years as the nation's overcrowded prisons reach '
7 months, 1 week ago

Britain's soft justice scandal: Career criminals with more than 100 previous convictions are being SPARED jail - with the number almost tripling in 16 years as the nation's overcrowded prisons reach '

Daily Mail  

Hardened criminals with more than 100 previous convictions are being spared jail as Britain's overcrowded prisons reach 'breaking point'. HMP Wandsworth is one of the most overcrowded prisons in the country, running at more than 150% capacity Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a series of measures designed to ease overcrowding in jails and avert a 'total breakdown of law and …

Are our jails out of control? House of Commons passes controversial Labour plans to start letting thousands of inmates out early to ease overcrowding despite record number of weapons and drugs being s
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Are our jails out of control? House of Commons passes controversial Labour plans to start letting thousands of inmates out early to ease overcrowding despite record number of weapons and drugs being s

Daily Mail  

Controversial plans to release thousands of prisoners early were approved in the Commons yesterday as figures showed a record number of weapons, drugs and other illicit items were smuggled into jails last year. MPs signed off the Government’s early release measure, designed to ease the prisons overcrowding crisis, despite concerns it could become permanent and lead to a ‘softer’ approach …

Violence, self-harm and widespread drug use: Figures lay bare the crisis facing Britain’s prisons
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Violence, self-harm and widespread drug use: Figures lay bare the crisis facing Britain’s prisons

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood claimed the government had ‘no option’ but …

Labour reveals 5,500 prisoners will be freed early amid overcrowding in jails
8 months ago

Labour reveals 5,500 prisoners will be freed early amid overcrowding in jails

The Independent  

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Prisoners to serve shorter sentences until 2026 to avert ‘total breakdown of law and order’
8 months, 1 week ago

Prisoners to serve shorter sentences until 2026 to avert ‘total breakdown of law and order’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery There are just a few hundred prison spaces left in …

Labour unveils plan to free prisoners after just 40% of sentences: New Justice Secretary says overcrowding could cause 'breakdown of law and order' despite warnings she is 'gambling with public safety
8 months, 1 week ago

Labour unveils plan to free prisoners after just 40% of sentences: New Justice Secretary says overcrowding could cause 'breakdown of law and order' despite warnings she is 'gambling with public safety

Daily Mail  

Labour was accused of taking a 'dangerous gamble with public safety' today as the government unveiled plans to release thousands of prisoners early. But Keir Starmer's new justice minister Lord Timpson fuelled fury at the 'anti-prison' approach as he suggested that courts should be handing out shorter sentences in the first place. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to unveil …

Violent prisoners will be freed early to ease overcrowding
8 months, 1 week ago

Violent prisoners will be freed early to ease overcrowding

The Telegraph  

On Thursday, the Labour leader pledged there would be “exemption categories” for high-risk prisoners as he sought to pin the blame for the crisis on the Conservative government. Asked whether 20,000 prisoners could be released, he replied: “I’m not going to get ahead of the statement we’re going to make on all of this, but I am not going to …

Starmer has no option but to reduce prisoner sentences or risk justice system collapse, unions warn
8 months, 1 week ago

Starmer has no option but to reduce prisoner sentences or risk justice system collapse, unions warn

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer promises to send fewer people to prison as he prepares to release offenders early
8 months, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer promises to send fewer people to prison as he prepares to release offenders early

The Independent  

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Releasing prisoners early won’t be popular – but what choice did the Tories leave Keir Starmer’s government?
8 months, 1 week ago

Releasing prisoners early won’t be popular – but what choice did the Tories leave Keir Starmer’s government?

The Independent  

The lack of space in our prisons has reached critical mass. Some will use their unexpected freedom to re-offend – although the worst of the convict population won’t be let out under the new emergency rules on early release. For that she needs to look again at policy: sentencing guidelines, alternatives to custodial sentences, electronic tagging, well-supervised probation – and, …

Prisons crisis ‘worse than thought’ warns Starmer, with no guarantee on early release for dangerous criminals
8 months, 1 week ago

Prisons crisis ‘worse than thought’ warns Starmer, with no guarantee on early release for dangerous criminals

The Independent  

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Police told to arrest fewer people to ease prison overcrowding
10 months ago

Police told to arrest fewer people to ease prison overcrowding

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The newspaper said it obtained an internal document from the National Police Chiefs’ Council …

List of prison deaths to be published in move ‘from secrecy to openness’
1 year ago

List of prison deaths to be published in move ‘from secrecy to openness’

The Independent  

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Former prisons chief blasts ‘panicky’ response to overcrowding crisis
1 year, 2 months ago

Former prisons chief blasts ‘panicky’ response to overcrowding crisis

The Independent  

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Thousands of prisoners being ‘set up to fail’ with release into revolving door of homelessness and jail
1 year, 2 months ago

Thousands of prisoners being ‘set up to fail’ with release into revolving door of homelessness and jail

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Without somewhere to live, we are setting people up to …

Chief prisons inspector: Overcrowding is a ticking time bomb
1 year, 2 months ago

Chief prisons inspector: Overcrowding is a ticking time bomb

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an interview with The Independent, His Majesty’s chief inspector …

I spent two years in jail – I’ve seen first-hand how prisoners are failed by overcrowding
1 year, 4 months ago

I spent two years in jail – I’ve seen first-hand how prisoners are failed by overcrowding

The Independent  

With the government’s latest plans to address our prisons crisis – the jailed population is at an all-time high, with as few as 550 spare places left in the system – justice secretary Alex Chalk asks us to believe the unbelievable. Again, Chalk lauds his government’s efforts to return offenders on parole who breach their licence conditions to prison, even …

Low-level offenders to be spared jail to free up space in overcrowded prisons
1 year, 5 months ago

Low-level offenders to be spared jail to free up space in overcrowded prisons

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Mr Chalk accepted that the custodial system was “under …

Overdoses double at prison where inmates say it’s ‘easy’ to get drugs
1 year, 5 months ago

Overdoses double at prison where inmates say it’s ‘easy’ to get drugs

The Independent  

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Government warned by own watchdog three year ago that prisons would run out of space in 2023
1 year, 5 months ago

Government warned by own watchdog three year ago that prisons would run out of space in 2023

The Independent  

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Just 557 prison spaces left as jailed population hits new all-time high
1 year, 5 months ago

Just 557 prison spaces left as jailed population hits new all-time high

The Independent  

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