Search results for ‘Ministry of Justice’
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FactCheck: Dominic Raab bullying allegations report
Dominic Raab has quit as deputy prime minister and justice secretary after a report upheld two claims of bullying against him. FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: Angela Rayner’s claim about rape trials dropped due to delays
Angela Rayner said that during a six-month period last year 175 trials for rape and other serious sexual offences had to be dropped “because the victim could no longer cope with the delay”. FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: Raab to correct parliament record on rape claim
Dominic Raab said during Prime Minister’s Questions that the conviction rate for rape cases “has gone up, it is now at 69 per cent”. FactCheck takes a look.
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Exclusive: Majority of Probation Service currently working at ‘excessive capacity’
The majority of the Probation Service is currently working at excessive capacity, leaked internal figures obtained by Channel 4 News reveal, raising further fears that the service is struggling to cope.
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Conditions in women’s prison Eastwood Park like ‘a Victorian asylum’, says Chief Inspector of Prisons
Women with acute mental health conditions are being held in “terrible conditions” in a prison with scratched and “blood-splattered” walls, a watchdog has warned.
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‘Horrendous, inhumane and degrading treatment’ – inquest hears about prisoner death
The governor of one of England’s most violent jails has described the treatment of a 35-year-old prisoner who suffered a drugs overdose and later died as “nothing short of inhumane and degrading”.
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FactCheck: did rape conviction rates fall when Starmer led the CPS?
The official figures tell conflicting stories.
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Exclusive: Number of teenagers convicted of murder more than doubles in 5 years
The number of teenagers convicted of murder has more than doubled in five years in England and Wales, according to government data exclusively obtained by Channel 4 News.
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Teenager whose baby died in prison was failed, report says
Multiple failings led to an 18-year-old woman giving birth alone in her cell to a baby which died in Europe’s largest women’s prison, a report has found.
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Fears serious offenders could end up on street after charity project’s closure
On Friday, the project run by the charity Change Grow Live will close for good.
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Prison lockdown has damaged inmates’ mental health, says report
A new report conducted by the Zahid Mubarek Trust suggests the measures have had a damaging impact on the mental health of prisoners. We have this exclusive report.
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‘Missed chances’ to save woman killed by ex-partner
A coroner in Nottingham has declared that the probation service made a significant contribution to the murder of a woman by her former boyfriend.
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Campaigners urge UK government to take action on indeterminate prison sentences
Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences have left many people stuck in prison for years, sometimes for relatively minor crimes.
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What awaits former prisoners housed in hotels during lockdown?
Released from prison with nowhere to go – and at risk of homelessness and coronavirus.
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Inmates to be let out early as Coronavirus threatens prisons
To relieve the pressure on jails and the NHS, thousands of inmates in England and Wales will be temporarily released on licence, with electronic tagging.