Factors linked to reoffending – Ministry of Justice
“A one-year follow-up of prisoners who took part in the Resettlement Surveys 2001, 2003 and 2004.”
Ministry of Justice, 13th October 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Category: rehabilitation
Illegal checks jeopardising jobs – BBC News
“Bosses in England and Wales are making illegal criminal record checks on staff, learning about spent convictions that should not be disclosed.”
BBC News, 7th August 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jailed murderer claims discrimination over status – The Guardian
“A long-term prisoner will go to the high court in London today to try to overturn an official policy that condemns him to remain in jail indefinitely because he is protesting his innocence.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministers await ruling on release of 700 dangerous offenders – The Guardian
“More than 700 violent prisoners will be released and may be awarded thousands of pounds in compensation if the government loses an appeal court case this month.”
The Guardian, 15th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New prisoners’ employment training initiative launched – Ministry of Justice
“An innovative scheme which will give prisoners the chance to change their ways by learning technology skills has been launched by Prisons Minister David Hanson MP and Skills Minister David Lammy MP. The initiative is also supported by the Department for Work and Pensions.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th June 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Community penalties hit by long delays – The Guardian
“Offenders who are ordered by the courts to undergo sex offender treatment courses or domestic violence programmes are having to wait up to a year because of a crisis in resources, a probation union survey reveals today.”
The Guardian, 17th March 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bar Chairman Calls For Policy Change: Boost in Drugs Rehabilitation Programmes to Tackle Offending Before it Happens – The Bar Council
“Extra resources should be ploughed into prisons’ drugs rehabilitation programmes, the Chairman of the Bar said today.”
The Bar Council, 11th March 2008
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Justice Secretary commits to providing effective community sentences – Ministry of Justice
“Jack Straw has given his commitment to offer more community sentences that provide effective punishment and rehabilitation for offenders, benefiting communities whilst reducing reoffending.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th February 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
R (Walker) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily
R (Walker) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (James) v Same [2008] EWCA Civ 30; [2008] WLR (D) 28
“The Secretary of State for Justice acted unlawfully in failing to provide courses which would allow prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection to demonstrate to the Parole Board by the expiry of their minimum terms that it was no longer necessary for the protection of the public for them to be confined.”
WLR Daily, 5th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Community test – Law Society’s Gazette
“England’s first Community Court is now in its third year. Grania Langdon-Down reviews its impact.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th December 2007
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Multimillion pound “shambolic” penal agency to be axed – The Observer
“The government was accused last night of presiding over a ‘shambolic penal policy’ after it emerged it is to dismantle its multibillion pound flagship programme to protect the public and cut crime.”
The Observer, 23rd September 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
Inmates left in limbo by failures in new sentences – judges – The Guardian
“High court judges yesterday dealt a fresh blow to the government’s handling of the prison crisis when they ruled that inmates serving new “open-ended” sentences had unlawfully been left in overcrowded local prisons without access to the compulsory rehabilitation programmes they need to secure their release.”
The Guardian,
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
