Burnham pauses prisoner early release scheme before September launch
The early release scheme that was to start in September involved prisoners being monitored with electronic tags. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/Corbis/GettyView…
Burnham to review prison early release scheme amid PC Andrew Harper family concerns
Andrew Harper and his wife Lissie, who has raised concerns about the potential early release of his killers. Photograph: Courtesy…
Freed Rochdale grooming gang leader was judged ‘high risk’ to children in 2023
Shabir Ahmed, 73, was freed from HMP Leeds on Thursday despite three failed attempts to secure parole. Photograph: Greater Manchester…
Release of Rochdale grooming gang leader ‘really scary’, says whistleblower
Sara Rowbotham: ‘I am genuinely concerned that I will see him walk out of a local bail hostel … If…
From the NHS to new homes, Starmer’s successes and setbacks – in charts
Keir Starmer has presided over a fall in immigration and a surge in renewables, but his record on crime and…
If we can’t keep rats out of Britain’s jails, we shouldn’t be putting children in them | Zoe Williams
Vermin are nothing new in prisons. Photograph: Eduard Lysenko/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenVermin are nothing new in prisons. Photograph: Eduard…
Staff at immigration detention centre wore England flags, report finds
Independent Monitoring Boards’ annual report included an update on the Home Office’s one-in-one-out policy, finding that it had led to…
Deaths within two weeks of prison release hit record high in England and Wales
Deaths within two weeks of prison release hit record high in England and Wales Exclusive: Experts say homelessness is primary…
Children seeing extreme violence while held needlessly in jail, says England and Wales watchdog
Children seeing extreme violence while held needlessly in jail, says England and Wales watchdog Prisons inspectorate finds almost 100 children…
New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
Three Just Stop Oil protesters wearing orange hi-vis jackets speak with police in front of the Houses of Parliament. Photograph:…