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Over 600 jobs are set to be created as construction starts on the UK’s first all-electric prison at Full Sutton in East Yorkshire.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Prisoners will learn the skills they need to stay on the straight and narrow as the latest phase of the government’s plan to deliver 20,000 new prison places gets underway.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
£24 million for services that work with women in justice system.
Prisoners are to be upskilled in cutting-edge farming techniques as the government continues to get offenders into work and cut crime.
Building work on Britain’s newest ‘smart’ prison will start this autumn – delivering over 1,400 modern places to get more offenders into jobs and away from crime.
New prison wings designed to get offenders clean will receive funding thanks to the government’s 10-year strategy to tackle drug-fuelled crime.
Almost 4,000 ex-offenders have been helped into work since the launch of a major drive to increase employment and cut crime.
Victims, members of the public and the media will be able to ask for a parole hearing to be heard in public for the first time, following law changes being made today (30 June 2022).
New houseblocks to be built at 6 prisons - accommodating more than 2,200 prisoners.
The Prisons Minister spoke to a range of leaders from across the justice sector to set out the government’s progress in modernising the justice system.
Alcohol-fuelled crime will be cut as offenders released from prisons in England face alcohol bans and having their drinking electronically monitored from today (15 June 2022).
Prisoners vulnerable to addiction, mental health issues or homelessness will no longer be released on Fridays under new plans to cut reoffending and make streets safer.
The Secretary of State has approved the appointments, reappointments and the extension of tenures of Parole Board Members. These comprise independent, psychologist, psychiatrist, terrorist risk and judicial members.
Serious offenders to demonstrably prove they no longer pose a risk to public.
Number of Clink Kitchens quadruples since September 2021.
Site in Swansea will pioneer new approach to tackling female offending.
More than 1,500 new trainee probation officers have been hired this year - hitting the government’s target while helping to cut crime, make streets safer and protect the public.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary thanked prison officers for their service and shared the department’s prison reform plans.
Tougher airport-style security rolled out across the prison estate in England and Wales has intercepted almost 20,000 attempts to smuggle illegal contraband behind bars.
Over the last year, the proportion of ex-offenders in work 6 weeks after release increased by more than half.
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