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Probation hostels in England and Wales forced to shut after staffing crisis

Watchdog says public being put in danger by closure of premises that accommodate most dangerous offendersNearly one in ten probation hostels where England and Wales’ most dangerous...

Probation hostels in England and Wales forced to shut after staffing crisis

Watchdog says public being put in danger by closure of premises that accommodate most dangerous offendersNearly one in ten probation hostels where England and Wales’ most dangerous...

The Probation-Extension Minefield

There are two different types of probation extensions. They are set out in different statutes. And they can be confusing. Ordinary extensions. Under G.S. 15A-1344(d), probation may...

Access to Probation Files

Probation records are privileged. That protection stems from an old statute, G.S. 15-207, which was enacted in 1937—the same year the original North Carolina Probation Commission w...

Two Mt Eden-sized prisons needed as law-and-order policies swell prison population

With a 3700 person increase to the Corrections’ muster, taxpayers could be billed an extra $745 million per year.

Letter of the day

Dear Editor Neil Gray, the Scottish Justice Secretary, has pledged to ‘stop people entering prison’ and ‘expand community sentencing’. His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for...

Track Wisconsin’s prison population

Grim reality of prison conditions laid bare in damning report

Inmates in England and Wales live among vermin while gangs control entire wings, monitors warn, with failures ‘at risk of becoming normalised’Staff at immigration detention centre...

Prison slammed over continued 'drone drugs' and violence failures

HMP Bullingdon, near Bicester in Oxfordshire, has been criticised for making patchy progress in tackling drugs, violence and poor conditions.

Ex-prisoners abandoned at their most vulnerable | Letters

James Stoddart and Richard Eltringham respond to an investigation which found that deaths within two weeks of leaving prison have hit a record highYour investigation showing that d...

Woman facing cannabis charge ordered to avoid prisons

A judge has imposed a 1km exclusion zone around all Irish prisons on a woman arrested for dealing cannabis at Dublin's Mountjoy Prison.

State fell short on prison reform but greenlit some changes to criminal court system

Key Points  Prison oversight funding failed despite court pressure  Bipartisan reforms eased court fees, modified probation Advocates plan renewed prison oversight, confinement ref...

Thousands of offenders are not wearing tags, report warns

The Ministry of Justice has been urged to fix issues with the system ahead of a rise in demand in September as the early release plan comes in

Big changes proposed to reduce Scotland's prison population

The changes would see fewer criminals jailed and hundreds of prisoners get out of jail earlier in an attempt to tackle the prisons overcrowding crisis.

The wider impact of releasing prisoners early | Letters

Katie Kempen says victims are bearing the brunt of a broken prison system, while Frances Crook believes there are good reasons for early releaseHearing that their perpetrators may...

More day releases to help prisons bursting at the seams: NOS

Overcrowding and lack of staff could prompt prisons to put more prisoners on day release, according to justice ministry plans...

Letter of the day

Dear Editor CLARK Cross rightly condemns our method for reducing prison overcrowding, which is basically that of simply letting prisoners out. So why not introduce a strong disince...

Serious implications for safety’ — report sounds alarm on prisons crisis

The Welsh Affairs Committee found prison overcrowding as well as workforce challenges have worsened safety for both prisoners and staff.

Drone drugs problem persists at prison

A new inspection of HMP Bullingdon finds drug availability is leading to increased violence.

Wisconsin’s prison population is heading toward a record high. Track the trend here.

Law changes expected to boost prison population over next decade

A new report says there will be 15,200 prisoners in June 2036 - a 35 percent increase from this year.

Law changes expected to boost prison population over next decade

A new report says there will be 15,200 prisoners in June 2036 - a 35 percent increase from this year.

Wisconsin isn’t doing enough to keep people in community corrections out of jail, advocates say  

Under Wisconsin law, the state Department of Corrections is supposed to make an effort to avoid re-incarcerating people who violate minor terms of their probation, parole or deferr...

States split on whether juvenile justice should prioritize punishment or rehabilitation

A teenager charged with the same crime can face dramatically different consequences depending on where they live. In one state, a young person accused of a serious offense may be s...