Jackie Long , Social Affairs Editor and Presenter

He’s a former bus driver and postman who became one of the pioneers of UK rap before heading to Hollywood and a series of film and television roles. 

Former Conservative justice secretary, David Gauke, is now leading a review of sentencing for the new government, aimed at taking the pressure off our prisons.

A former magistrate has told Channel 4 News that she has resigned because she can no longer sentence people to her local prison, knowing the desperate state it’s in.

The Archbishop of Canterbury accepts his ‘incompetence’ in the handling of abuse allegations against a man now described as the Church of England’s ‘most prolific abuser.’

We spoke to Jan Egeland from the Norwegian Refugee Council who has just returned from Gaza.

The drones bring the drugs straight to their cells, the latest inspection report says, with prisoners using the element of their kettles to burn a hole in their “inadequately protected” Perspex windows.

We were joined by Arturo Valoria de Arana, who is Communications Director for the Valencian Region at the Spanish Red Cross.

A Channel 4 News investigation has seen evidence that the Seventh-day Adventist Church was warned repeatedly about Donald Kelly’s crimes over the course of three decades.

We’re joined by Catriona Moore, who is not only a parent of a child with SEND, but also the policy manager at the charity IPSEA, which helps families navigate the current SEND system to secure the support that their children are entitled to.

We spoke to the former Met chief superintendent Dal Babu and began by asking him about firearms training and what officers are taught when carrying out a so-called hard stop.

We spoke to Justice Minister Heidi Alexander.

Eleven hundred prisoners are being released early – as part of the Government’s emergency scheme to ease the overcrowding crisis in jails across England and Wales. 

We spoke to Fintan O’Toole from the Irish Times.

We spoke to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and began by asking why boosting attendance is such a priority for the government.

There’s been official confirmation today that HMP Manchester has joined the growing list of England and Wales’ failing jails following our exclusive report this week.