Send more convicts to open prisons to ease overcrowding crisis in jails and reduce reoffending, urges Labour adviser
1 week, 6 days 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 of sentences that inmates must serve behind bars Daniel Dowling-Brooks celebrates after being released outside HM Prison Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, in October. He told reporters: 'Big up Keir Starmer' 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 Mr Gauke told the newspaper: 'We don't make as much use of open prisons as we might do. But Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood recently admitted Britain's prison estate could still run out of cells within three years, even with the extra places.

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Offenders should be moved to open prisons to tackle overcrowding, says former justice secretary David Gauke
1 week, 5 days ago

Offenders should be moved to open prisons to tackle overcrowding, says former justice secretary David Gauke

The Independent  

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

Labour is right to enlist a Tory to help them tackle the prisons crisis
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour is right to enlist a Tory to help them tackle the prisons crisis

The Independent  

According to Westminster folklore, whenever the then chancellor George Osborne found himself in a bit of a pickle, he’d send his most reliable and demonstrably reasonable junior Treasury minister to tour the broadcast media studios and make the coalition government’s case. Mr Gauke, in other words, must revisit the validity of the old adage “prison works”; and suggest ways in …

Why releasing prisoners early could be a victory for ‘sensible Starmer’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why releasing prisoners early could be a victory for ‘sensible Starmer’

The Independent  

During his cabinet career in the Brexit deadlock years 2016 to 2019, David Gauke was the government’s voice of reason. It is a clever appointment politically, because Gauke carries some cross-party weight as a former Tory justice secretary – although Tory Brexit sectarians regard him as a socialist or worse. Nor was Gauke at justice long enough to do anything …

Labour reveals 5,500 prisoners will be freed early amid overcrowding in jails
5 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Starmer has no option but to reduce prisoner sentences or risk justice system collapse, unions warn
5 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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Releasing prisoners early won’t be popular – but what choice did the Tories leave Keir Starmer’s government?
5 months, 4 weeks 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 are in a 'shocking' state, Sir Keir Starmer warns - as Labour government prepares to start letting thousands of inmates out early to ease overcrowding
5 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Prisons crisis ‘worse than thought’ warns Starmer, with no guarantee on early release for dangerous criminals
5 months, 4 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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From jail to job: why more companies are hiring ex-offenders
5 years, 9 months ago

From jail to job: why more companies are hiring ex-offenders

The Telegraph  

More than 82,500 people are in prison across the UK, government figures show, and those set for release face the daunting task of re-entering society and trying to find a job. They face an uphill battle: half of employers would not consider hiring an ex-offender, regardless of the crime or sentence received, according to a Department for Work and Pensions …

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