Paramedics called out twice a week to G4S prison HMP Oakwood
More problems reported at £278m privately-run Staffordshire jail
More problems reported at £278m privately-run Staffordshire jail
The concept of super prisons is nothing new. A £2.9bn proposal for three 2,500-capacity “Titan” jails was considered and then scrapped by Labour in 2009.
IN APRIL 2009 the Labour government dropped plans to build three “Titan” prisons housing 2,500 offenders each. Dominic Grieve, now attorney general but then a member of the [...]
Chris Grayling has announced plans to close six public jails in the biggest prison closure programme in decades. So where does that leave overcrowding? We answer a few key questions.
According to the latest figures there are 83,632 people locked up in English and Welsh prisons. This is an obscenely large number that should shame the nation. It is almost double the number in [...]
Seven prisons are to close and two more will be partially shut in England.
Seven prisons are to close and two more will be partially shut in England.
Roma Hooper talks to Martha Kearney about the planned closure of prisons and the building of a new ‘super prison’. Listen to the interview.
Meeting a prisoner at the gates is not the only way to effectively reduce reoffending, says Vicki Prout, who warns that payment-by-results could lock out vital service providers.
Listen to Roma speaking to Eddie Mair on Radio 4’s PM show (21mins in) talking about David Cameron’s recent speech on criminal justice and where community sentences need to fit in.
Make Justice Work was established in 2009 as a campaign to boost public support for a change in how Britain deals with lower-level offenders – a switch from expensive and futile short prison terms to intensive and effective sanctions.