Clarke asleep on the job of real prison reform
It took the coalition government five months to respond to Baroness Corston’s follow up report on women in the penal system, only to flatly reject its calls.
Ministry of Justice
Counting the cost of chaos: The billions we can save by saving lives
Antonia Bance looks at a new report showing an £18 million investment for women living in chaos could save many lives and more than £1 billion pounds over the next five years.
Ministry of Justice policy must be effective – not just tough
Sophie Willett, of The Howard League for Penal Reform, looks at new government statistics the effectiveness of prison sentences.
Express attack on Labour’s law and order record fails to report fall in crime
The Express reported today that 75 per cent of the ‘most serious crimes’ were not solved under the labour govt – yet failed to report crime overall fell by 43%.
UK prisoners ratio second only to US amongst G7 countries
As a new report calls on the prison population to be cut by a third, figures reveal Britain is second only to the US in its prisoners-per-population ratio.
Tory Justice spokesman obsessed with cuts
After Andrew Lansley’s revelation that the Tories planned ten per cent cuts last month it was the turn of Shadow Justice Minister Edward Garnier to reveal the opposition obsession today. The Harborough MP appeared to let the cat out oftest