“The coroner who presided over the inquest into the death of a 15-year-old who died after being restrained in a child jail has warned the justice secretary, Jack Straw, that it would be ‘wholly unforgivable’ if the lessons were delayed by a general review of the use of restraint announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The police are already hunting for 18 prisoners who are ‘unlawfully at large’ after being released among the 1,700 let out during the first week of the government’s new emergency scheme to cope with jail overcrowding, the justice ministry said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminals released early from prison because of an overcrowding crisis committed eight more offences within days of being freed, the Ministry of Justice said.”
The Independent, 17th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“As the four July 21 bomb plotters started their 40-year minimum sentences this week, a group of police special branch officers – the foot soldiers of the security services – based at Prison Service headquarters were quietly working to ensure that the failed bombers do not inspire a new generation of violent jihadists.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jack Straw is reviewing the new open-ended jail terms amid fears that they are clogging up the prison system.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A quarter of young offenders at a troubled privately run child jail have been moved out and a new director appointed after official concern over the rising use of restraint by staff to control violent teenagers.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There has been a significant increase in the number of prisoners who have killed themselves in jails in England and Wales, figures have shown.”
BBC News, 12th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government will not be able to build its way out of the prison crisis, Jack Straw suggested yesterday. He indicated that the only way the pressure could be relieved was by sending fewer people to jail and using more noncustodial sentences.”
The Times, 12th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“More community sentences should be tailor-made for women to keep them out of jail, a women’s equality group has claimed. ”
The Times, 11th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The prisons watchdog is questioning the policy of placing high-risk criminals, including sex offenders, in open jails.”
BBC News, 10th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Two prisoners have launched a High Court action arguing they have been kept in conditions so bad that their human rights have been violated.”
BBC News, 4th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Up to 1,200 ‘non-dangerous’ offenders walked out of prison up to 18 days early yesterday as the government’s emergency package to ease the jails crisis was put into effect.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The death of Gareth Myatt, a teenager who choked and died while being restrained by three guards at a privately-run youth prison, could have been prevented, an inquest jury found yesterday.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Domestic prison duty postponed
Regina (Governor of Wandsworth Prison) v. Kinderis and Others
Queen’s Bench Divisional Court
“Where a prisoner was remanded in custody charged with offences in England and consented to extradition under a European arrest warrant, the prison governor should keep him in custody pending extradition and any duty to deliver him to the domestic crown court was postponed.”
The Times, 26th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Ministers seriously underestimated the huge numbers of inmates who would clog up prisons under the new indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPPs) and will not be able to process them through the system for at least another two years, officials admitted yesterday.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Non-violent offenders could be let out of jail early in a bid to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 19th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Urgent talks between Ministry of Justice officials and chief constables are under way to use hundreds more police cells as emergency prison accommodation as the jail crisis intensifies.”
The Guardian, 18th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of prisoners in England and Wales has risen to a record high of almost 81,000, the Prison Service said today.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Prison Service paid £2.5 in compensation to prisoners in England and Wales last year, figures show.”
BBC News, 15th June 2007
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“Suicides in prisons have risen to two a week, with 43 so far this year as overcrowding as a result of record jail numbers in England and Wales bites more deeply, the chief inspector of prisons told MPs last night.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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