Thursday, 3 August 2023

Fires in Prisons: Latest Data

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  Last month Justice Secretary Alex Chalk told MPs that “One of the last things that a Prisons Minister or Lord Chancellor worth their salt...
Friday, 16 June 2023

Prison Plans

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  How is the government doing on its pledge to create 20,000 new prison places by the mid 2020’s? With prison numbers projected to rise from...
Friday, 9 June 2023

Crowded House

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  Pressure on the prison system eased a bit this week, with the population falling by 161 from 85,407 last Friday to 85,246 today. It’s bec...
Tuesday, 16 May 2023

A Secure Future? STCs and Secure Schools

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  The last of three blogs about Secure Training Centres (STCs) to mark 30 years since they were first announced in March 1993. 30 years af...
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Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Secure Training Centres at 30: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

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  The second of three blogs about Secure Training Centres (STCs) to mark 30 years since they were first announced in March 1993. Plans for...
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Thursday, 2 March 2023

Secure Training Centres: Not A Very Happy Birthday

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  Secure Training Centres (STCs) are 30 years old today, or at least the idea of them.   It was on March 2 1993 that Home Secretary Kenneth ...
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Friday, 17 February 2023

Earlier Release for Prisoners

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  Letting prisoners out early is not something you’d associate with Justice Secretary Dominic Raab. But lack of prison space seems to have f...