Prisoners taken to court in black cabs – BBC News
“The Ministry of Justice has admitted a private security firm is using black cabs to take prison inmates to court.”
BBC News, 16th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: transfer of prisoners
Regina v Hull – WLR Daily
Regina v Hull [2011] EWCA Crim 1261; [2011] WLR (D) 177
“Under section 3 of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction, including power to quash the order of the High Court, in relation to a referral under section 273 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 of the sentence of a repatriated prisoner. In relation to a sentence of life imprisonment, adapting the sentence, as far as possible to bring correspondence between the punishment which would have been imposed in the sentencing state and (the remainder of) the sentence to be served in the administering state, required a reasoned judgment as to the likely duration of the custodial element of the sentence had the sentence been served in the sentencing state.”
WLR Daily, 25th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Pc killer David Bieber loses bid to sue authorities – BBC News
“A policeman’s killer has failed in his bid to sue prison authorities over the way they handled a jail switch when they were warned of an escape plan.”
BBC News, 6th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Foreign prisoners face transfer under new plans – The Independent
“Thousands of foreign prisoners will be sent back to serve their sentences in their own countries under Government plans, it emerged today.”
The Independent, 8th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prisons accused of transferring most difficult inmates to pass inspections – The Guardian
“Wandsworth and Pentonville jails are accused of attempting to dupe inspectors.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Transsexual prisoner wins move to women’s jail – The Guardian
“A transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape committed while she was a man has won a high court battle to be transferred to a women’s jail.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Correspondence on prisoner transfer agreement with Libya – Ministry of Justice
“Letters from UK Justice Ministers to the Scottish Government concerning a prisoner transfer agreement with Libya.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st September 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Multimillion pound deal could send Nigerian prisoners home – The Guardian
“Hundreds of Nigerians in British jails could be sent home to finish their sentences under a multimillion pound deal now being negotiated by the government. Talks are starting on a British investment to improve prison conditions in the west African country so as to allow the transfer of as many as possible of the 400 Nigerian prisoners here.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘NatWest Three’ transferred to British prison – The Times
“The ‘NatWest Three’ bankers, who were jailed in the United States for a £3.5 million Enron-related fraud, are now in a British prison serving the remainer of their 37-month sentence.”
The Times, 21st January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
