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  • Crime cutting prison scheme expanded

    Expansion of Clink Kitchens Scheme to help thousands of offenders find jobs and turn their backs on crime.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • GFSL Volunteering Day: 23 July 2021

    GFSL organises East Sutton Park Volunteering Day to tackle some of the outstanding works in the prison’s 85 acre grounds.

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  • Thousands of new solar panels helping prisons go green

    Thousands more solar panels are being fitted to prisons across England to help cut carbon emissions and save taxpayers’ money, Prisons Minister Alex Chalk has announced.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Relaunch of GFSL apprenticeship programme

    The first group of 11 apprentices are welcomed into their new workplaces this week across 9 HMP sites in the south of England.

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  • Government consults on increasing access to lifesaving overdose medicine

    Consultation launched to make lifesaving medicine which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose available to more frontline workers.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • GFSL team install life saving medical equipment at HMP Bristol

    This month, The GFSL Team at HMP Bristol proudly fitted a defibrillator machine to an external prison wall.

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  • Government strikes deal to remove more Albanian prisoners

    More Albanian criminals will be removed from the UK and transferred from prisons in England and Wales after Ministers signed a new agreement today (Monday 26 July).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Lord Chancellor sets out reform vision for justice

    Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC MP has today (20 July 2021) unveiled his ambitious vision to reform criminal justice – including his intention for a Prison White Paper later this year.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Lord Chancellor outlines government plans to rebuild criminal justice

    Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland spoke at the Centre for Social Justice to outline how the government is rebuilding the criminal justice system and looking to its longer-term future.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Cutting crime through family ties in north-east prisons

    Efforts to drive down crime in the north-east by helping prisoners and their children to maintain contact are underway, thanks to a funding boost from the Prison Service.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Bigger, better Probation Service to cut crime

    The public will be better protected and crime will be cut the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland vows today (28 June 2021) as the new, unified Probation Service is launched.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • GFSL’s CRED scheme hires first ex prisoner

    Hollesley Bay prison leaver is the first to become fully employed after serving his sentence.

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  • Break down the barriers for prisoners with learning needs

    The Lord Chancellor shares his views on how tailored prisoner education can help us to build back a better and safer country for all.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • One thousand probation officers recruited to protect the public

    More than 1,000 new trainee probation officers have been recruited to bolster the vital work the Probation Service does to cut crime and protect the public, meeting a government target set last July.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • HMPPS appoints 3 non-executive directors

    HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) has appointed David Bernstein, Heather Savory and Nick Folland as non-executive directors.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • GFSL delivers new conference facilities and reduces vandalism at HMP Swaleside

    GFSL's Swaleside team has recently gained enormous support and recognition from HMPPS regarding the complete refurbishment of an abandoned building.

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  • New prisons go green

    New prisons will be equally effective at cutting carbon emissions and crime, the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland announced today (Friday 14 May).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Valuable workshops and training offered to prisoners at HMP Coldingley

    HMP Coldingley is a resettlement prison located near Bisley in Surrey. There are over 500 men at Coldingley, mostly housed in single rooms.

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  • Longer jail terms and stricter monitoring as new terror laws gain Royal Assent

    The biggest shake-up of terrorist sentencing and monitoring in decades has been granted Royal Assent today (29 April 2021) – giving the courts, police and security services greater powers to protect the public.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • GFSL installs new accommodation pods for 120 residents at HMP Ford

    Seamless collaboration with HMPPS and our external suppliers, means this £2.6 million project is being delivered on time, exceeding our customer expectations.

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