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Assess and manage the risks posed by sexual and violent offenders: guidance for the police, prison service and probation trusts.
Safety in custody statistics cover deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales.
This circular advises on relevant procedures when courts decide that an adult defendant should be tagged while on bail.
We make sure people serve the sentences and orders handed out by courts, both in prisons and in the community.
Letter from Prisons Minister Andrew Selous to Robert Neill MP, Chairman of the Justice Select Committee regarding smoking in prisons.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Probation caseload, the number of offenders in custody and prison population projections.
This document contains the Practice Framework: National Standards for the Management of Offenders for England and Wales 2015.
A compendium of research and analysis on the Offender Assessment System (OASys); studies completed between 2009 and 2013
A summary of what happened to the prison population between 1993 and 2020 and the major factors contributing to the changes.
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