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Cutting crime and reducing the number of vulnerable women being sent to prison is top of the agenda at the first meeting of the Women’s Justice Board.
A new report shows how drug-fuelled crime is being tackled through tough community sentences to get offenders with addiction issues back on straight and narrow.
Top UK business leaders will spearhead a major new drive to get thousands of offenders into stable jobs and away from a life of crime.
Technological innovations and international prison policies are among things being studied as part of the government’s Sentencing Review.
Around 1,800 rehabilitated offenders still under indefinite probation oversight for abolished Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences, years after completing their prison terms, will have this supervision lifted t…
Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, sets out why prison governors are at the forefront of efforts to drive down reoffending.
UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences.
Serious young offenders will be turned away from gangs and knife crime through rigorous education and training at the country’s first Secure School.
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Staff dedicated to helping neurodivergent offenders are now in place in all public prisons in England and Wales.
More female offenders than ever recorded before are in work 6 months after their release from prison as a direct result of government action – cutting crime and keeping the public safe.
Offenders in Wales with low-level mental health issues will be required to address them as part of a government scheme to tackle a major root cause of crime.
As part of our efforts to reduce crime, fill gaps in the job market and grow the economy, we’re encouraging businesses to recruit more prison leavers.
Mitie Care & Custody has been awarded the contract to operate HMP Millsike, the UK’s first all-electric prison that will provide around 1,500 places.
Communities blighted by vandalism and fly-tipping will be cleaned up by offenders as part of delivering on plans to crackdown on anti-social behaviour.
Thousands of rehabilitated ex-prisoners serving long-since abolished indefinite sentences will become eligible to have their licence period terminated earlier as part of new reforms.
Over 120,000 former offenders will find it easier to get work and turn their lives away from crime following a change in the law.
GFSL regularly operates Purposeful Prisoner Working Programmes, giving prisoners the opportunity to work alongside our trade teams in all roles from electrical to painting and decorating.
Overhaul of learning behind bars to include specialist teaching staff, apprenticeships and digital reading tools.
Erith site closed by court order over fire and flood concerns
A record number of offenders at risk of homelessness will be temporarily housed in basic accommodation as part of a national initiative to cut crime, Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has announced.
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