“A serious case review into the murder of a Polish teenager in Leeds by a violent sex offender says police and public protection agencies failed to act effectively.”
BBC News, 6th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A foreign sex offender, Mohamed Kendeh, who was allowed to remain in the UK to protect his human rights despite attacking 11 women has finally been deported, almost nine years after committing his first offence.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Dismal reoffending rates prove that incarcerated children who want to live a ‘normal’ life aren’t being given the support to do so.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New plans to support the rehabilitation of offenders and the reduction of reoffending were outlined today by Justice Minister Lord McNally.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke risked the ire of some of his own party’s backbenchers today by claiming that sending more people to prison for longer sentences in order to cut re-offending ‘does not work’.”
The Independent, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Damian Green, the immigration minister, blamed judges after new figures revealed that nine in 10 overseas criminals who should have been sent home but are currently free in the UK. Separate figures showed the number of foreign offenders successfully removed from the UK fell by nearly a fifth last this year.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Inmates are being left to languish in Britain’s crowded prisons because no effort is being made to address the problems that put them there, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has told The Independent.”
The Independent, 24th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A violent man with a history of mental illness went on to kill months after being released from prison without any supervision or care, says a report.”
BBC News, 17th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Automatic jail sentences will be introduced for 16 and 17-year-olds who commit knife crimes in a sweeping law and order package announced last night by Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary.”
The Independent, 27th October 2011
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“Some 90% of prisoners in England and Wales suffer from mental health problems and upon release are up to 36 times more likely to kill themselves than the general population, a report has revealed.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 6th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to the rape and indecent assault of a woman in her Ipswich home in 1987.”
BBC News, 5th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Prisoners should carry out work while in jail as part of the process of tackling the growing ‘feral underclass’, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said today.”
The Independent, 4th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“More offenders are to face the consequences of their actions following today’s launch of the first-ever register of qualified restorative justice practitioners, funded by the Ministry of Justice and implemented by the Restorative Justice Council (RJC).”
Ministry of Justice, 13th September 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A convicted rapist who attacked a woman in Devon four months after being given early release has been jailed indefinitely.”
BBC News, 12th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has blamed the riots that swept across England last month on a ‘broken penal system’ that has failed to rehabilitate a group of hardcore offenders he describes as the ‘criminal classes’.”
The Guardian, 5th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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“Thousands of the worst serial criminals are being let off with cautions every year in a trend that has almost trebled in a decade.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police failed to monitor a convicted rapist who disappeared for nearly a year before he went on to murder the teenager Ashleigh Hall after befriending her on Facebook.”
The Independent, 25th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A landscape gardener who sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl has been jailed for 20 months.”
BBC News, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Lord Chief Justice yesterday attacked the ‘widespread’ use of out of court penalties amid fears one in three are being inappropriately handed out.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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