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The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of Colin Allars as the Chair to the Independent Restraint Review Panel for three years from 1 January 2023.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has outlined a package of urgent measures to rapidly improve safety at HMP Exeter.
Victims are seeing significant improvements in the criminal justice system’s response to rape, a new report has revealed today (15 December 2022).
Vulnerable people struggling with debt will be better protected from rogue bailiffs under government plans to make body-worn cameras compulsory.
The first public parole hearing in UK history is set to go ahead today (12 December 2022) following reforms to increase transparency and improve victims’ experience of the parole system.
A further update on work MOJ is doing to respond to the CJEU judgment of November 2018 in O’Brien No.2 and the Supreme Court’s judgment in Miller of December 2019.
Thousands more immigration cases will be heard over the next few months, speeding up decisions on removing people with no right to be in the UK.
Victims of rape across England and Wales will have access to round-the-clock support as a new 24/7 Support Line is launched today (7 December 2022).
Changes to help reduce reoffending by making sure vulnerable prison leavers get ample time to access vital support services will be introduced under a new bill that gained government support today (2 December).
Criminal legal aid lawyers will receive the biggest boost to their pay in decades thanks to wide-ranging reforms announced by the government today (30 November 2022).
Survivors will be better protected from domestic abusers who attempt to continue their campaign of terror from behind bars.
Helen Pitcher OBE announced as preferred candidate for next Chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission.
A new app to boost prison leavers’ literacy is the latest part of a £20 million government plan to reduce reoffending through innovation.
Thousands more people will get access to early legal help over the next 2 years after the government announced £12 million of new grant funding today. (28 November 2022).
Victims will be better protected from abusers who share intimate images without their consent, under a raft of changes to the law announced today (25 November 2022).
The interest rates were increased for Court Funds Office special and basic accounts on 18 November 2022.
Letter from PSPRB Chair to Minister of State for Justice in response to the 2023 round remit letter.
Terrorists who continue offending in prison will always face the prospect of more time behind bars, the Deputy Prime Minister announced today (Sunday 20 November).
Nearly 1,000 prison leavers have been tagged in the first year of a scheme designed to crackdown on booze-fuelled crime.
Prisoners today (17 November 2022) pitched their business ideas to a ‘Dragons’ Den’ panel as part of a ground-breaking scheme to steer them away from crime.
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