Sunday, 26 April 2020

Well Done or Too Rare? Why MPs need to ask about the Early Release of Prisoners

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Questions in Parliament on Monday for Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and his ministerial team. No doubt MPs will want to know how the v...
Monday, 20 April 2020

Under the Ash Cloud

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Stuck in Lisbon on the way back from the 2010 UN Crime Congress in Brazil, the offer of a lift into Northern Europe seemed to good to miss....
Sunday, 19 April 2020

A Bit More on Scrutiny of Criminal Justice

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Secretary of State Robert Buckland appears before the Joint Committee on Human Rights on Monday. He and Prisons and Probation Minister Lu...
Sunday, 12 April 2020

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Update on Scrutiny of Criminal Justice in a Time of Crisis

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In these extraordinary times, everyone is having to adapt to the requirements of social distancing- not least the institutions that hold t...
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Saturday, 4 April 2020

Scrutiny of Justice in a Time of Crisis

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Good news that t he government plans  to reduce pressure on prisons by releasing 4,000 low risk prisoners up to two months early.   Credit...
Wednesday, 18 March 2020

Criminal Justice in a Time of Crisis

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In their excellent briefing paper Coronavirus: Health care and human rights of people in prison, Penal Reform International recommend tha...
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Tuesday, 10 March 2020

Staying Afloat - 20 years of Youth Offending Teams

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Despite well aired complaints about the volume of change faced by the criminal justice system in recent years, deep seated institutional i...