Prisoners paid £2.5m compensation – BBC News
“The Prison Service paid £2.5 in compensation to prisoners in England and Wales last year, figures show.”
BBC News, 15th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: prisons
Prison suicides up to two a week as jail numbers soar – The Guardian
“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
Prisoners ‘locked out’ after jails hit full capacity – The Times
“A record 550 new inmates were ‘locked out’ of prison last night as a surge in inmate numbers forced jails to declare that they had run out of space to take any more.”
The Times, 12th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Don’t lock up criminals, says prisons chief – Sunday Telegraph
“Most prisoners should not be in jail at all, according to a senior prisons official.”
Sunday Telegraph, 10th June 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prisoners‘ can claim thousands of pounds’ over delays to parole – The Guardian
“Hundreds of offenders are being wrongly held in jail because the Prison Service is failing to meet the deadline for their early release on parole.”
The Guardian, 2th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministers face legal challenge over jails crisis – The Guardian
“Ministers are facing a legal challenge which could force them to plough millions of pounds into prison treatment programmes because inmates are reaching the end of their sentences but cannot be freed because they have been unable to attend compulsory courses that are a condition of their release.”
The Guardian, 4th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Record prison population drops – BBC News
“The UK prison population has fallen by almost 200 from a record high, according to the latest figures.”
BBC News, 1st June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Big Question: Why are our prisons so overcrowded, and how can we tackle the crisis? – The Independent
“Jails in England and Wales could be full within a fortnight. The increase in numbers of offenders being locked up appears relentless, with the prison population reaching a record high of 80,846 this week. That includes about 400 who are housed at great expense in police cells and a further handful held in court cells.”
The Independent, 31st May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jailing fewer people ‘is only way to solve overcrowding’ – The Times
“The Justice Secretary has admitted that the Government will be unable to build its way out of the problem of overcrowded jails.”
The Times, 31st May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another – Times Law Reports
Arbitrary delay in parole hearing
Regina (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another
Court of Appeal
“The failure by the Parole Board to consider speedily the entitlement of a long-term prisoner to parole made his continued detention after eligibility for parole arbitrary, unjustified and therefore unlawful.”
The Times, 30th May 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.
Pressure on Falconer as prison population hits all-time high – The Guardian
“The number of prisoners in England and Wales hit an all-time high of 80,846 yesterday, raising fears that the court service could run out of cell space this week if too few remand prisoners succeed in getting bail. The record numbers saw 450 prisoners housed in police and court cells made available for overspill.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Crime Bill may add to prison overcrowding – The Times
“Tony Blair’s final measures to tackle law and order are being threatened by a Cabinet dispute over fears that the Bill will fuel a further 3,000 rise in prison numbers.”
The Times, 26th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Prison numbers reach record high – BBC News
“Prisoner numbers in England and Wales have hit a record high for the second week in a row, says the Prison Service.”
BBC News, 25th May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ministers lose manslaughter vote – BBC News
“The government has been defeated in the Lords over plans to exclude prisons from its Corporate Manslaughter Bill.”
BBC news, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cost of prisoners underestimated by third – Reuters
“The financial cost to the country of imprisonment has been underestimated by a third, a report said on Monday.”
Reuters, 21st May 2007
Source: www.reuters.com
Related link: Poverty and disadvantage among prisoners’ families (PDF)
Cherie Blair to head prisons inquiry – The Times
“Cherie Blair will head an inquiry looking into the UK’s prison and penal system, it was announced today.”
The Times, 16th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Judges seek to retain sentencing powers in prisons crisis – The Guardian
“The new justice secretary, Lord Falconer, is under pressure to find a solution to the prison overcrowding crisis without threatening judicial independence by leaning on judges to pass lighter sentences.”
The Guardian, 14th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
One night in the court cells costs as much as a Ritz suite – The Independent
“Prisoners are being held in court cells that cost more per night than a suite at the Ritz it emerged as ministers were accused of an ‘absurd waste of money’.”
The Independent, 14th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prison sell-off may fund village jail plan – Daily Telegraph
“Britain’s large Victorian prisons could be sold off and replaced with dozens of small specialist units under plans being drawn up by the Government.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
R (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and another – WLR Daily
R (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2007] EWCA Civ 429
“After an unjustified and random period of delay in considering the entitlement of a long term prisoner to parole, if the prisoner could show that at an earlier consideration by the parole board he would have been released, his detention thereafter was arbitrary, unjustified and therefore unlawful. Under art 5(4) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms he was entitled to have his case considered by the parole board speedily so that his sentence did not become arbitrary.”
WLR Daily, 9th May 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
