‘Emergency plans to increase the minimum time terrorists serve in jail risk being counterproductive because of the danger that prisoners will be further radicalised behind bars, the official watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 19th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Boris Johnson’s emergency legislation preventing automatic early release for terrorists halfway through their prison sentences has cleared all its stages in the Commons without a vote.’
The Independent, 12th February 2020
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‘About 50 prisoners convicted of terror offences will no longer be automatically freed halfway through their sentences, under emergency government legislation designed to prevent further jihadi attacks by recently released inmates.’
The Guardian, 11th February 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Emergency terrorism laws announced after the Streatham attack could be pushed through parliament by 27 February – just one day before a convicted terrorist who disseminated Islamic State propaganda via Twitter is due for automatic release.’
The Guardian, 5th February 2020
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‘Ministers face a legal battle over their plans to make terror offenders serve longer in prison, a former government adviser has warned.’
BBC News, 4th February 2020
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‘The government’s adviser on terror legislation has warned that there is “no magic test” to determine the risks posed by a terrorist on release from prison, in further criticism of recently announced proposals to examine them with lie detectors.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Convicted terrorists will face lie-detector tests under a raft of measures drawn up in the wake of the most recent London Bridge attack to toughen up the monitoring of offenders in the community.’
The Guardian, 21st January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Children jailed for criminal offences are being “set up to fail” by authorities who fail to give them the support they need to stop offending, a watchdog has found. Half of the 12 to 17-year-old boys whose cases were examined by HM Inspectorates of Probation and Prisons, were being investigated by police again within three months of being released from young offender institutions.’
The Independent, 8th October 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Serious criminals will face “tougher” jail sentences, the government has said.’
BBC News, 2nd October 2019
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‘The number of prisoners in England and Wales is projected to fall in the short term due to fewer people being charged with criminal offences.’
The Guardian, 29th August 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Suspects are increasingly being left in legal limbo as they are subjected to inquiries lasting years that sometimes end with the case being dropped, a survey of criminal solicitors has revealed.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Failings by police and the probation service “possibly contributed” to the death of a woman murdered by two convicted killers, a coroner has ruled.’
BBC News, 5th June 2019
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‘Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris, who was jailed for sex assaults against children, walked onto the grounds of a primary school and waved at pupils.
The Ministry of Justice is now investigating whether the 88-year-old has breached his strict licence conditions.’
The Independent, 6th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Convicted Isis supporter Anjem Choudary will be in effect banned from any public statements after his release from prison this week, as British authorities seek to stop him from inciting support for terrorism.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary remains a dangerous threat ahead of his imminent release from jail, the prisons minister has warned, as plans to train an “elite corps” of Muslim chaplains to de-radicalise extremist inmates were unveiled.’
The Guardian, 11th September 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Victims of the black cab rapist John Worboys face a wait to see if their challenge to the Parole Board’s decision to release him from jail has been successful. After two days of legal argument, three leading judges at the High Court reserved their ruling to a date to be fixed, saying they wanted time to give the case “anxious scrutiny”.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th March 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two victims of the rapist John Worboys are due to begin a High Court challenge against the decision to release him from prison.’
BBC News, 13th March 2018
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‘Staff without security clearance are being allowed to monitor high-risk offenders living in approved premises – commonly known as bail hostels or probation hostels – the BBC has learnt.’
BBC News, 5th March 2018
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‘The mother of a murder victim fears her killer could be released from prison without being put on the Sex Offenders’ Register, even though he told police he had raped her.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Two of John Worboys’ victims have been given the go ahead to challenge the decision to release him. The full judicial review hearing will take place in the High Court on 13 March and Worboys will stay in jail until then.’
BBC News, 7th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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