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New laws to protect victims added to Domestic Abuse Bill
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A raft of new amendments to the Domestic Abuse Bill will be presented, providing greater protections for victims and further clamping down on perpetrators.
Prison drug dogs will be trained to sniff out new and emerging strands of Spice as part of the government’s comprehensive plan to tackle violence and disorder behind bars.
Thousands of offenders will be diverted away from crime by the expansion of a catering training scheme in prisons across England and Wales.
The rule which currently requires all parole hearings to be held in private will be relaxed as part of the government’s efforts to increase public confidence in the process.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and prisons
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