In the last quarter of 2012, the proportion of people given immediate custodial terms was down from 28 per cent to 27 per cent compared to the same period in the previous year.
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Just one in four thugs caught with a knife were jailed last year – despite public demands for robust sentences.
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It was previously a place from which people desperately wanted to leave.
Continue reading “The jail where you’d want to be locked up: Notorious prison is transformed into luxury hotel (and guests still sleep in the cells)” »
Community sentences have been branded a failure after it emerged nearly 8,000 criminals sent to prison last year had been handed 11 or more of the supervised orders.
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We should learn from the US Republicans: we simply cannot afford to carry on spending on prison as we currently are, writes Ben Gummer.
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A new briefing by the free market thinktank, Reform, sets out to reignite the debate about the role of the private sector in our prisons.
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Last year an outgoing chief constable warned of an “austerity crime wave”. But latest figures reveal some areas of Wales are experiencing their lowest levels of crime in 30 years. Crime correspondent Clare Hutchinson asks: who’s right?
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Young criminals should be sent to “secure colleges” similar to modern-day borstals to be rehabilitated, the Justice Secretary will announce.
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More problems reported at £278m privately-run Staffordshire jail
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Half of those leaving British prisons find themselves back inside within a year. Here, an anonymous young offender from London describes the high hopes he had on his release – and what happened next.
Continue reading “Breaking the cycle: A young offender describes his attempts to go straight after leaving prison” »
Holloway Prison holds female adults and young offenders remanded or sentenced by the local courts. Of these over half have reported suffering domestic violence and one in three have experienced sexual abuse.
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