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UK criminal justice

11 July 2024

  • Guard closes prison door

    Law and order on UK streets would break down if jails became full, say police sources

    Warning comes as justice secretary prepares to set out emergency measures to free up space in prisons
  • A mugshot of Colin Pitchfork

    Colin Pitchfork parole hearing will not be held in public after ‘fresh allegations’

    Parole Board apologises to families of child killer’s victims after unspecified ‘unforeseeable developments’

    • James Timpson is a sign of hope for a rational prisons policy

    • What restrictions are placed on defendants in climate protest trials?

    • The long read
      Chortle chortle, scribble scribble: inside the Old Bailey with Britain’s last court reporters

10 July 2024

  • a general view of a prison: two men seen silhouetted as light streams through barred gates, walkways and metal stairways. A sign is seen reading 'this way up at mealtimes'.

    Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared

  • Prison corridor

    Prisons crisis must not jeopardise Labour’s pledge on domestic abuse, Starmer told

9 July 2024

  • James Timpson smiles as he poses for a photograph in front of a union flag at No 10 Downing Street following his appointment to cabinet by Sir Keir Starmer

    The Guardian view on overcrowded prisons: James Timpson’s arrival is a signal of hope

    Editorial: A strong emphasis on rehabilitation is what the justice ministry and Prison Service need

8 July 2024

  • Simon Hattenstone

    A shoe-fixing, key-cutting radical: why Labour’s new prisons minister is perfect for the job

    Simon Hattenstone
  • Police search a suspected drug dealer

    New law on child exploitation by drug dealers in Labour crime crackdown

7 July 2024

  • A prisoner walking towards the stairs in a prison

    Labour consider plan to release prisoners after 40% of sentence served

  • Martha Gill

    Why do we find it hard to believe that the smiling nurse Lucy Letby was a serial killer?

    Martha Gill

6 July 2024

  • Keir Starmer behind lectern with thumb up and union flag in background speaks to press

    Keir Starmer hits out at prison system ‘mess’ caused by Tories

  • Police line up Flat

    ‘It’s like watching a TV drama’: what happens when police go rogue – and get caught?

4 July 2024

  • A CUSTODY OFFICER TALKS TO AN OFFENDER BEFORE A FOOTBALL

    Invest in people, not in building more prisons, to cut reoffending

  • Illustration showing an ambulance

    14 years of Tory rule – in data
    How 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

  • Alex South

    As an ex-prison officer, here’s what I think about the Wandsworth jail sex video scandal

    Alex South
  • Larry, the Downing Street cat, on step outside No 10.

    New prime minister will face a range of urgent priorities from day one

2 July 2024

  • Royal Courts of Justice

    How has Lucy Letby tried to fight guilty verdicts and what could happen next?

    After the convicted killer was refused permission to appeal, she has few options left

1 July 2024

  • Man sitting with back to camera wearing green T.shirt saying 'Insider' in yellow capitals, at a table with several other men

    Prison rehabilitation numbers in England and Wales down 74% since 2010, MoJ data shows

    Almost 12,000 fewer inmates completed offender management courses than when David Cameron took office
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