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Prisons Minister Damian Hinds has outlined a package of urgent measures to rapidly improve safety at HMP Exeter.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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 new app to boost prison leavers’ literacy is the latest part of a £20 million government plan to reduce reoffending through innovation.
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.
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.
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.
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