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  • Vast new ’no-fly zones’ will be enforced over all prisons in England and Wales to crack down on gangs using drones to smuggle drugs, phones and weapons that drive criminality behind bars.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • 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.

  • Public consultation launched on first UK-wide guidelines for clinical treatment of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) has appointed Rommel Moseley and Nick Campsie as non-executive directors.

  • The Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has announced new measures that will allow the government to rent prison cells overseas to ensure dangerous offenders can be locked up for longer.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • HMP Woodhill will take urgent action to improve safety, security and living conditions including specialist psychological staff to support prisoners at risk of self-harm.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Overhaul of learning behind bars to include specialist teaching staff, apprenticeships and digital reading tools.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The Ministry of Justice has launched a major new advertising campaign to tackle recruitment and retention, by showing the reality of life as prison and probation officers.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Working with our colleagues within HMPPS, Gov Facility Services at HMP Warren Hill have been busy supporting the Clean, Rehabilitative, Enabling and Decent (CRED) programme on a war memorial project.

  • The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor has announced the interim appointment of Sue McAllister as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Probation.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor has announced the Royal reappointment of Charlie Taylor as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Offenders will be put to work to pay back the communities they have harmed as part of a week-long nationwide clean-up of Britain’s coastline.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Gov Facilities Services Limited (GFSL) are excited to announce the launch of the new GFSL careers website.

  • More than 750 graduates have now swapped university halls for prison walls as demand for the Unlocked Graduates scheme reached new heights.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has today (25 August 2023) outlined a package of urgent reforms to improve safety, rehabilitation and performance at HMP Bristol.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • The former Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre is set to reopen as a Category C men’s prison, in the latest of a string of measures to boost jail capacity, Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has announced today.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Controlling ex-partners who lash out at the end of their relationship will face longer than ever behind bars under new government plans to tackle domestic homicide.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • 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.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • Hundreds of prisoners are being encouraged to take jobs in the retail and logistics sector on release to plug skills gaps in entry level roles, helping reduce reoffending while supporting businesses.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

  • HMP Fosse Way opens - key milestone in 20,000-place building programme.

    First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government