Wednesday, 16 September 2020

A Game of Two Halves

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When Justice Secretary Robert Buckland finally overcame technical glitches to give h is sentencing speech at the Centre for Social Justic...
Sunday, 13 September 2020

The Impulse to Punish

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Depressing if predictable trailing of the forthcoming Sentencing White Paper today, with Justice Secretary Robert Buckland telling Sun rea...
Friday, 28 August 2020

Consulting Position

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Last month the Ministry of Justice l aunched a consultation on doubling from 12 months to two years the maximum sentence for common assau...
Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Safety In Custody- A Case Behind the Statistics

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Published today is the report of an independent investigation I’ve undertaken for the Ministry of Justice into a very serious assault that...
Thursday, 23 July 2020

Sentencing Guideline on Mental Health- Welcome Clarity or Missed Opportunity?

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Two months ago, the Lord Chief Justice was asked in a  Justice Committee hearing whether the current crisis provides any opportunity to r...
Thursday, 25 June 2020

Children in Custody- History repeats itself first as tragedy then as farce

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In March 1993, then Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced plans for new Secure Training Centres (STC) to deal with the “comparative...
Saturday, 30 May 2020

Prison Sentencing During Covid-19. Why the Courts Must Accept the Realities of the Situation

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While the prison population may gradually be falling - this week dipping under 80,000 for the first time since 2006- it needs a much more ...