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Dame Lynne Owens will lead the independent investigation to determine how Hadush Kebatu was mistakenly released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday 24 October, Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has announced today.
An innovative project designed to support prison capacity across 48 prison sites has scooped the Excellence in Customer Service category award at the 2025 IWFM Impact Awards.
The Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP spoke at the OpenAI Frontiers Conference about partnering with OpenAI and cutting admin time for frontline staff.
British businesses are set to benefit from a new deal between the Ministry of Justice and global tech leader OpenAI to supercharge UK AI adoption.
Thousands of prison staff will be safer thanks to a new £15 million investment in protective body armour and Tasers as part of the Government’s Plan for Change.
Gov Facility Services Limited (GFSL) and HMP Leyhill are proud to announce the outstanding success of their ROTL employment scheme.
Thousands of criminals could be kept under additional surveillance by new technology to enhance how the Probation Service monitors offenders and cuts crime.
A Devon jail is set to almost double in size as the Government ploughs ahead with the largest prison building programme since the Victoria era.
A new leadership team, bolstered staff training and improved safeguarding have been put in place at Oakhill Secure Training Centre, following concerns raised by inspectors last month.
Reoffending by burglars, robbers and thieves has been cut by 20 percent thanks to the tracking of their movements with tags, a new report has found.
Extra specialist staff, a bolstered senior leadership team and improved training for frontline officers will be deployed urgently at HMP Pentonville.
Foreign criminals will for the first time face immediate deportation after sentencing as the Government strengthens border security through the Plan for Change.
Organised crime gangs are being targeted by the police and prison service as part of a nationwide crackdown on drone drops into prisons.
Violence in prisons will be clamped down on as specially trained staff are issued Tasers in a new trial launched by the Lord Chancellor today (28 July).
Communities blighted by prolific offenders will be better protected as part of an expansion of revolutionary new courts aimed at cutting less serious crime.
Thousands of criminals could soon be managed by revolutionary new technology to enhance how the justice system monitors offenders and cuts reoffending.
The Secretary of State has reappointed Sir David Calvert-Smith as a judicial member of the Parole Board.
Foreign prisoners will be deported sooner thanks to new legislation introduced today (25 June) to free up vital prison capacity, keep our streets safe and save taxpayers’ money.
Violence is rife in overcrowded, unsafe prisons, with offenders nearly twenty per cent more likely to be involved in assaults in too full jails, new research published today (19 June) reveals.
Frontline prison officers working in the highest risk areas of the prison estate will be issued protective body armour under swift Government action to improve their safety, the Lord Chancellor announced today (Tuesday 3 Jun…
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