'Overwhelmed' probation officers warn of early prison release crime risk
England and Wales' probation services are already under "unprecedented pressure" - set to increase with the scheme, the chief inspector said.
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England and Wales' probation services are already under "unprecedented pressure" - set to increase with the scheme, the chief inspector said.
Union chief says vote is about staff ‘warning they cannot protect the public properly’In his pooled TV interview, Andy Burnham repeated the point he made in his Facebook post earli...
Probation services in Wales, including Gwent, have been praised for clear ambition and strong leadership but a review by HM Inspectorate of Probation also found more improvements a...
Probation inspector for England and Wales says ‘clunky’ system needs huge increase in staffThe electronic tagging system that will be relied upon to monitor thousands of offenders...
With the debate over prison overcrowding and what to do about it raging, one initiative offers an alternative solutionAs the prison overcrowding crisis shows no sign of abating and...
Returns for breaches of licence conditions rose 31% in the first quarter of 2026, adding to pressure on prison placesMore people were recalled to prison than were released during t...
It's time to reexamine our assumptions about prisons and punishment.
JONESBORO — Two recently convicted felons are back in trouble again.
Independent Monitoring Boards 2025 report highlights persisting issues in the Oxfordshire facility.
Amid growing scrutiny of the UK prison system, including Burnham's early release scheme, many have questioned if the institution deters crime. What do you think? Vote in the Mornin...
Prof Ian Pickup on prison education, Henry Rossi on resentencing IPP prisoners, Andrew RC McLellan on earlier release and Dr Rod Earle on a lesson from 1930s Red ViennaThe independ...
Former prison governor Judith Feline on the reality of our overcrowded prisons and Peter Walker on why it’s causing a headache for Andy BurnhamAt the last count, two weeks ago, the...
Exclusive: Ministers explore diverting male prisoners serving short terms or on remand away from tougher jailsMinisters are examining a possible upgrade of security at men’s catego...
The old adage crime doesn’t pay, is an old Victorian saying meaning that punishment rather than profit is the ultimate consequence of crime, later adopted as a slogan by the FBI in...
Prisons are a liberal idea which only work in a conservative country. If you don't have strong moral rules, strong families and tough authority figures everywhere, prison will not...
In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity.
The Irish Penal Reform Trust has said that people need to have confidence in the criminal justice system, despite offenders being released from prison early.
Three out of four people held on remand were later released with no custodial sentence, NGO finds
Sorry state of our prisons is entirely self inflicted
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Readers respond to Andy Burnham’s review of controversial measures for the early release of thousands of prisoners to free up space in jails There is something deeply incongruous...
Bridget Phillipson says government would not have to consider releasing prisoners early if Tories had created more capacityCells to hold newly arrested people could run out without...
How Scotland punishes its criminals is facing deep and permanent reform
With solicitor services absent, number just ‘weeks away’ from reaching 6,000, say sources
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