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A Devon jail is set to almost double in size as the Government ploughs ahead with the largest prison building programme since the Victoria era.
A new leadership team, bolstered staff training and improved safeguarding have been put in place at Oakhill Secure Training Centre, following concerns raised by inspectors last month.
Reoffending by burglars, robbers and thieves has been cut by 20 percent thanks to the tracking of their movements with tags, a new report has found.
Criminals will be barred from pubs, concerts and sports matches under new sentencing powers.
Reduction of interest rates for Court Funds Office special and basic accounts from 20 August 2025.
An update on the upcoming increase to lasting power of attorney fees.
Extra specialist staff, a bolstered senior leadership team and improved training for frontline officers will be deployed urgently at HMP Pentonville.
Foreign criminals will for the first time face immediate deportation after sentencing as the Government strengthens border security through the Plan for Change.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointments of His Honour Jeremy Roberts KC and His Honour Peter Rook KC to the Parole Board.
New restriction zones will curb the freedoms of the most serious sexual and violent offenders by ‘locking’ them into specific areas where necessary.
Businesses will benefit from faster and cheaper dispute resolution as major reforms to arbitration law come into effect today.
Organised crime gangs are being targeted by the police and prison service as part of a nationwide crackdown on drone drops into prisons.
An update following a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s online digital services.
Correspondence from Chair of SSRB’s Judicial Sub-Committee, Mark Emerton, and SSRB Chair, Lea Paterson, during the Major Review of the Judicial Salary Structure.
Prison officers will use artificial intelligence (AI) to stop violence before it breaks out under new plans set out by the Lord Chancellor today (31 July).
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has approved the reappointments of Catharine Seddon and Peter Fish CB as board members of the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service (Cafcass).
The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointments of Robert Paterson and Alexander Wood as solicitor members of the Insolvency Rules Committee.
Violence in prisons will be clamped down on as specially trained staff are issued Tasers in a new trial launched by the Lord Chancellor today (28 July).
The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of Tijs Broeke as Chair of the Prison Service Pay Review Body.
Communities blighted by prolific offenders will be better protected as part of an expansion of revolutionary new courts aimed at cutting less serious crime.
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