‘Lives at risk’, warns domestic abuse tsar over Government’s prison recall plans

Domestic violence victims ‘at risk’ under prison release plans

The Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales, Dame Nicole Jacobs, has demanded an urgent meeting with the justice secretary.

Keir Starmer breaks silence on prisons crisis and declares one thing

The Prime Minister was forced to defend the controversial policy after campaigners and MPs warned victims' lives are being put at risk.

Sex offenders and domestic abusers face early release as prisons on the brink

The victim’s commissioner says the emergency measures are ‘unacceptable’ — but the government has warned the UK is months away from running out of prison spaces

Minister Doesn't Realise Labour Has Cut Short Prison Time for Sexual Offenders and Domestic Abusers

Economic Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds was on the morning round and tried to reassure viewers over the early release of prisoners. She was asked on Times Radio if domestic abusers or sexual offenders will be exempt from changes to the rules which will only recall licence-breaching offenders for 28 days.[…] Read the rest

POLL OF THE DAY: Can this Government fix our broken prison system?

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a fresh set of emergency measures to curb prison overcrowding as she warned jails are on track to be down to "zero capacity" by November.Mahmood unveiled changes to prison recall on Wednesday, with criminals serving between one and four years of jail time being returned to custody only for "a fixed 28-day period."She said the move would free up about 1,400 prison places and buy ministers time to ov…

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is considering prison ships as a solution to the lack of space when the number of inmates is expected to increase sharply in the coming years.