Phone calls ‘cut jail suicides’ – BBC News
“Prison reformers have called for more support for new inmates in order to prevent suicides.”
BBC News, 14th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: prisons
‘Bribe’ is doubled for foreign prisoners who agree to leave Britain – The Times
“The Government has almost doubled to £1,500 the ‘bribe’ offered to foreign national prisoners to persuade them to return home and ease prison overcrowding, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 6th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
No jail for short-sentence offenders – The Observer
“Criminals facing short prison sentences are to be kept out of jail and given community service because the system is so overcrowded, according to plans being drawn up by the Home Office.”
The Observer, 4th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Criminals “must have terms cut in full jails” – The Times
“Thousands of criminals could have their jail terms cut after one of Britain’s most senior judges said that courts were justified in giving lower sentences where prisoners faced overcrowded jails.”
The Times, 5th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Prisoners released early reoffend – The Independent
“More than 16,000 crimes were committed in a year by offenders released early from jail, the Government has disclosed.”
The Independent, 27th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Deportation crisis forces two jails to hold only foreign prisoners – The Guardian
“Two prisons are exclusively holding foreign nationals serving less than four years with the expectation that they will then face deportation, it emerged yesterday.”
The Guardian, 24th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Britain secretly converts prisons to detain foreign criminals only – The Times
“Two jails in England and Wales are occupied fully by foreign inmates as the Prison Service tries to cope with a large number of criminals from abroad.”
The Times, 24th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Prison ‘default’ for mentally ill – BBC News
“Too many people with mental health problems are ending up in prison when what they need is specialist care, a Prisons Inspectorate report suggests.”
BBC News, 23rd October 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Jailors claim right to strike under EU treaty – The Times
“Gordon Brown faces his first legal challenge under the new EU Charter of Fundamental Rights days after claiming to have won a watertight opt-out from the document for Britain.”
The Times, 22nd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Plan to put prisoners in court cells – The Observer
“The Ministry of Justice has drawn up emergency plans to house prisoners in court cells in what the Conservatives last night claimed was ‘a cynical attempt’ to manage the jails crisis and buy Gordon Brown more time after a week of bad news.”
The Observer, 14th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Emergency release for hundreds in prisons to ease record overcrowding – The Times
“Jack Straw is preparing to announce emergency measures to release hundreds more offenders early in the face of record levels of prison overcrowding.”
The Times, 10th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Private jail needs public sector rescue, says chief inspector – The Guardian
“One of the most troubled privately-run jails in Britain urgently needs a team of public sector managers to come in and bail it out, according to a report by the chief inspector of prisons published today.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
15 women’s jails to be shut, with offenders offered detox and help – The Times
“Fifteen women’s jails in England and Wales would close and be replaced with small custodial units in the biggest prison shake-up under consideration by the Justice Ministry.”
The Times, 1st October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Prisoners may be given 20 per cent cut in sentences to ease crowding – The Times
“Ministers are investigating reducing the length of time that prisoners spend in jail by 20 per cent as an emergency measure to cut the total number of inmates, which yesterday reached a record 81,135.”
The Times, 29th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Inmates ‘forcibly strip-searched’ – BBC News
“Young offenders are being forcibly strip searched according to a report by prison inspectors.”
BBC News, 27th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Disaster area’ prison and probation agency to be scrapped in weeks – The Guardian
“The government’s troubled £2.6bn programme to manage convicted criminals in order to cut reoffending rates is to be scrapped within weeks, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crowded jails ‘threaten public’ – BBC News
“Overcrowded jails are presenting a threat to the public, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has told the BBC.”
BBC News, 26th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Multimillion pound “shambolic” penal agency to be axed – The Observer
“The government was accused last night of presiding over a ‘shambolic penal policy’ after it emerged it is to dismantle its multibillion pound flagship programme to protect the public and cut crime.”
The Observer, 23rd September 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
600 died in custody last year, report says – Daily Telegraph
“As many as 600 people died in custody last year in England and Wales, a new report is expected to say.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New anti-terror jail to replace Paddington Green station – The Guardian
“A new maximum security police station to hold up to 30 terrorism suspects ‘for protracted periods’ is being planned to replace the 1960s Paddington Green police station in London.”
The Guardian, 21st September 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
