‘Damian Green, Justice minister, announces new powers for magistrates to ensure new supervision orders are met.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Justice Secretary Chris Grayling says new prison policies are not denying inmates access to books, despite criticisms from high-profile authors.’
BBC News, 25th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘ Up to half of prisoners do not feel they are being punished while behind bars fuelling concerns of soft justice, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. In some jails fewer than one in five inmates believe they are paying for their crimes, according to the Ministry of Justice’s own survey. Across the prison estate a third of prisoners also say they not being helped to address their offending or to ensure they will be law-abiding citizens on release.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘This review aims to identify properly the reasons for ex-Service personnel ending up in the justice system and how support can be improved.’
Ministry of Justice, 13th March 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Reforms which will cut the amount of time some offenders need to disclose details of any low level convictions come into effect today, Justice Minister Simon Hughes.’
Ministry of Justice, 10th March 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The Government has today announced their long-awaited reforms to disclosure of previous convictions for rehabilitated offenders.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th March 2014
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Day release from prison is to be scaled back following a series of serious crimes committed by offenders temporarily out of jail.’
BBC News, 9th March 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Reforms which will cut the amount of time some offenders need to disclose details of any low level convictions will come into effect next month, Justice Minister Simon Hughes said today.’
Ministry of Justice, 13th February 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘The number of registered sex offenders in England and Wales has risen by more than a third in the past five years. More than 40,000 registered sex offenders, including 2,700 judged to pose a serious risk to the public, are living in the community and being monitored by probation services.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Prisons across England and Wales are routinely releasing dangerous sex offenders without putting them through treatment programmes because budget cuts have left places critically scarce.’
The Independent, 3rd February 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A soldier who killed his 20-month-old daughter after surviving a rogue attack in Afghanistan has been jailed for six years.’
The Guardian, 17th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Plans to build the first “secure college” for young criminals in England and Wales have been confirmed by ministers.’
BBC News, 17th January 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Rory Stewart, the Tory MP who served as deputy governor of an Iraqi province after the 2003 war, is to lead a government review to improve the rehabilitation of ex-service personnel who are jailed.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Debates over how to treat prisoners have gone on since imprisonment began: should the prison system leave inmates to fester in cold cells, with punishment and deterrence as the goal of incarceration? Or should it let them wander from classroom to games room, preaching rehabilitation into society as its main aim?’
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending are “not working” and should be the subject of a major policy review, two senior inspectors have said.’
BBC News, 17th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Ex-offenders who’ve turned away from crime would be ideally suited to help deal with low-level offenders.’
The Independent, 17th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘John Timpson hopes more employers will follow in his footsteps and give ex-offenders a second chance.’
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 29th November 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“Significant reforms to the Incentive and Earned Privileges (IEP) policy across prisons in England and Wales have been brought into force today.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st November 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
“Restorative justice offers many benefits but is it in danger of being mishandled, asks Tracey McMahon.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 26th October 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
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