Devon man who hit his baby son must pay him £50 – BBC News
“A father who hit his baby son because he knocked a photo frame off a television has been ordered to pay him £50 compensation.”
BBC News, 7th April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: community service
Prison population ‘should be cut’ by third, say MPs – BBC News
“The number of inmates in England and Wales’ jails should be cut by a third, and the money saved put into community penalties, a report by MPs has said.”
BBC News, 14th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Women prison places reduced to fund community services – Ministry of Justice
“Vulnerable women offenders are to get more support in the community to turn away from crime.”
Ministry of Justice, 14th December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Offenders give flowers to victims in community justice trial scheme – Daily Telegraph
“Police are imposing informal punishments – such as forcing offenders to give flowers to their victims – in a return to community justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Probation Service boss Phil Wheatley wants fewer community sentences – The Times
“Community sentences should be replaced by fines for thousands of offenders, the head of the Probation Service says.”
The Times, 20th August 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public pick community punishments – BBC News
“The results of a public vote to choose which community punishments offenders will face have been announced.”
BBC News, 18th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Convicted teenager Kane Beales wins legal fight over ‘shame’ jackets – The Times
“A convicted teenager who refused to wear a high visibility jacket labelled ‘Community Payback’ was today told by a court that he had a ‘reasonable excuse’.”
The Times, 5th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Public have their say on how criminals payback – Ministry of Justice
“A new campaign that explains how the public can have their say on the work offenders carry out on Community Payback was launched today by Justice Secretary Jack Straw and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th March 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Public to vote on criminals’ community sentences – Daily Telegraph
“The public will be able to vote on the community sentence punishments they want criminals to carry out, from today.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Community sentences laughed at, report finds – Daily Telegraph
“Community sentences are ‘laughed at’ because offenders who breach them are not punished harshly enough, according to a study by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King’s College, London.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Record numbers of criminals breach their community service – Daily Telegraph
“Record numbers of criminals are breaking community service orders, with more than one in three failing to complete their punishment.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v Davison – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“The length of a community order was not necessarily governed by how long it took the offender to carry out a specified task.”
The Times, 5th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note that the Times Law Reports are only availalble free on Times Online for 21 days from th date of publication.
Straw launches high-visibility community punishment – The Guardian
“From a distance, the five burly men hacking away at a patio in Slough yesterday might have looked like ordinary labourers. If they hoped that muddy boots and woolly hats allowed them to pass as builders doing a hard day’s work, however, they were wrong. These were the first convicted UK criminals forced to wear controversial ‘vests of shame’ – bright orange bibs designed as public reminders that offenders cleaning graffiti or laying pavements are being punished and not paid.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Offenders on community work projects will have to wear orange bibs – The Times
“Tens of thousands of criminals sentenced to community punishment are to be forced from next week to wear high visibility orange bibs identifying them as offenders.”
The Times, 28th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Record number of criminals being handed community court orders – Daily Telegraph
“A record number of criminals are being handed community court orders despite one in three being breached by offenders.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Public lack facts on community orders, say MPs – The Guardian
“The confidence of the public and the courts in the use of community sentences is being undermined by a lack of information about their effectiveness, according to a Commons committee report today.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
More than one million criminals on community punishments “might not complete sentences” – Daily Telegraph
“More than one million offenders sentenced to a community punishment every year might not be completing their sentences properly, MPs said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Justice Minister launches Citizens Panels – Ministry of Justice
“Justice Minister David Hanson has launched the Citizens Panels pilot scheme to give communities more say in the type of work offenders carry out in the community.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Penalties for partners who block child access – The Observer
“Separated husbands and wives who block their former partners from seeing their children could be forced to do community service under new laws coming into force in the autumn.”
The Observer, 7th September 2008
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Government sets out tougher community work for offenders – Ministry of Justice
“Steps to further toughen up [sic] the demanding physical work offenders carry out on community payback were outlined today (1st September) by Justice Minister David Hanson.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st September 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
