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From Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending)
  • 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.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • 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.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • 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.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Around 3,800 offenders either released from prison or serving a community sentence will wear an alcohol tag over Christmas and New Year.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Extra specialist staff, urgent repairs to cells and CCTV cameras and renewed safety training will be carried out urgently at HMP Winchester.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Bolstered security measures, improved staff training and a bespoke pest control plan will be implemented at HMP Manchester.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Mental Health Act reformed to improve treatment of patients and address disparities.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • 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…

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending, sets out why prison governors are at the forefront of efforts to drive down reoffending.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • Refurbishments, extra staff training and a review of security will take place at HMP Rochester in response to concerns raised by the Chief Inspector of Prisons. 

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • The Government plans to reduce the number of women in custody by using early intervention and tackling the root causes of offending, the Lord Chancellor announced today.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government

  • A temporary measure to manage pressures in prisons in the north of England has been reactivated, following longstanding capacity failures and recent outbreaks of far-right disorder.

    First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government