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• The Government's approach to criminal justice - GOV.UK

  16-10-2023 19:54 via news.google.com
  
  The Government's approach to criminal justice  GOV.UK
  
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• Government to allow prisons to release some offenders 18 days early to ease overcrowding – as it happened

  16-10-2023 19:12
  
  Justice secretary says move will not apply to anyone serving a life sentence and those released will be taggedNicola Sturgeon, the former first minister, is attending the SNP conference this afternoon. As the BBC’s David Wallace Lockhart reports, that has led to questions about whether she will upstage her successor, Humza Yousaf.Ahead of Nicola Sturgeon’s expected arrival at SNP conference, Humza Yousaf says members will be “really excited to see her”, and says he doesn&
  
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• Government to allow prisons to release some offenders 18 days early to ease overcrowding – UK politics live

  16-10-2023 18:51
  
  Justice secretary says move will not apply to anyone serving a life sentence and those released will be taggedNicola Sturgeon, the former first minister, is attending the SNP conference this afternoon. As the BBC’s David Wallace Lockhart reports, that has led to questions about whether she will upstage her successor, Humza Yousaf.Ahead of Nicola Sturgeon’s expected arrival at SNP conference, Humza Yousaf says members will be “really excited to see her”, and says he doesn&
  
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• The prison system is failing inmates and the public alike | Letters

  16-10-2023 18:47
  
  Andy Stelman writes that the entire criminal justice system is broken, Dr Michael Peel calls for more mental health and drug misuse support, and other readers respond We should not be surprised by the president of the Prison Governors Association’s view that politicians have reduced the Prison Service to “lunacy” (Prison places in England and Wales are ‘bust’, says governors’ union chief, 9 October). The roll call of shame is long: first, England and Wales hav
  
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• Rishi Sunak tells MPs six Britons killed and 10 missing after Hamas ‘pogrom’ on Israel – UK politics live

  16-10-2023 16:45
  
  Prime minister says his message to UK’s Jewish community is: ‘We stand with you now and always’Nicola Sturgeon, the former first minister, is attending the SNP conference this afternoon. As the BBC’s David Wallace Lockhart reports, that has led to questions about whether she will upstage her successor, Humza Yousaf.Ahead of Nicola Sturgeon’s expected arrival at SNP conference, Humza Yousaf says members will be “really excited to see her”, and says he doe
  
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• How an Australian play is changing sexual assault trials – podcast

  16-10-2023 16:00
  
  Australian playwright Suzie Miller has been lauded internationally for her one-woman play Prima Facie, which highlights how sexual assault survivors are unfairly treated by the courts. As she launches her novel of the same name, the former criminal defence lawyer reflects with Jane Lee on how this story is changing the way trials are conducted in the UK and what further reforms are needed closer to homeRead more: Continue reading...
  
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• Why the collapse of Britain’s prison system is good news | Simon Jenkins

  16-10-2023 15:49
  
  Our overflowing jails are academies of crime and dens of violence. A less punitive approach could break this harmful cycleBritain’s prison system is collapsing and Britain’s penal policy with it. This is good news. Both are lost in the back alleys of social policy. This is not the result of soaring crime but of mindless populism, which equates more prisons with more votes.Britain’s prison population is now approaching capacity at 88,016. This has tripled since 1960 and is at an
  
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• Collapse of justice system in Afghanistan leaves countless at the ... - The Law Society

  16-10-2023 13:46 via news.google.com
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• Tory MP Peter Bone should be suspended for six weeks for bullying and sexual misconduct, says report – UK politics live

  16-10-2023 12:34
  
  Commons will vote on suspension recommended by independent expert panel after investigationThe IEP report into Peter Bone says the complaints were made by a man working in the MP’s office in 2012 and 2013, when the misconduct happened. He complained to the Conservative party in 2017 and in 2021, with the Tory complaint still unresolved, the man took his complaint to the independent complaints and grievance scheme (ICGS), which did not exist at the time the bullying too place. In August 202
  
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• Justice secretary to announce phasing out of short-term prison sentences – UK politics live

  16-10-2023 10:52
  
  Labour says Alex Chalk’s U-turn reveals ‘epic’ crisis in Conservatives’ jails policyJames Heappey, the armed forces minister, was doing a morning interview round on behalf of the government earlier. Speaking about the Israel-Hamas war, he told LBC that he thought Israel was “balancing correctly” the need to protect protect innocent lives against the need to deal with Hamas effectively.Asked whether the government supports the blockade of water, medical suppli
  
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• From ubuntu to gacaca: traditional justice could benefit Ethiopia’s ... - Institute for Security Studies

  16-10-2023 09:00 via news.google.com
  
  From ubuntu to gacaca: traditional justice could benefit Ethiopia’s ...  Institute for Security Studies
  
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