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We carry out sentences given by the courts, in custody and the community, and rehabilitate people in our care through education and employment.
Charities and companies which help rehabilitate offenders have been awarded around £200 million of Government funding to help cut crime in the new probation system.
Sixteen prisons across the country to be expanded through new houseblocks and refurbishments.
The government response to the Transforming Rehabilitation consultation.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
A report by Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE, chair of the independent Prison Drug Treatment Strategy Review Group has been produced on drug treatment and interventions in prison and has been submitted to Ministers in the Home Office, the...
‘From sentencing to incentives – how prisons can better protect the public from the effects of crime’
An innovative prison programme that encourages inmates to repair and recycle bikes will aim to refurbish over 900 bikes for hospital staff and children from disadvantaged backgrounds, helping prisoners gain new skills and turn their lives around.
Prison designed from top to bottom with smart technology to cut crime and protect public.
Thousands of prisoners are getting clean thanks to a doubling of drug-free wings in jails as the government’s war on addiction steps up a gear.
Construction is under way at the country’s first secure school – a brand new custodial facility for young people with education at its heart and helping to turn young offenders away from a life of crime.
The future of criminal justice.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Mitchell on 18 April 2016.
Robert Buckland QC spoke at the Modernising Criminal Justice Conference in his first keynote speech as the Minister of State for Justice.
Speech by Rt. Hon David Gauke MP, Secretary of State for Justice, calling for an evidence-led approach to sentencing to tackle reoffending.
The Justice Secretary delivers his first major speech on prison reform at the Royal Society of Arts in London.
Justice Secretary David Gauke today called for an “evidence-led” approach to tackling reoffending in order to crack down on crime and reduce the number of victims.
New houseblocks to be built at 6 prisons - accommodating more than 2,200 prisoners.
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