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The people of Leicestershire are being invited to choose the name of its new jail in Glen Parva, Prisons Minister Victoria Atkins announced today (10 December 2021).
White Paper sets out path to modern, innovative jails that protect the public and reform prisoners.
The contract to manage Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in Warwickshire has ended by mutual agreement, Prisons Minister Victoria Atkins confirmed today.
Offenders released from prison face being banned from drinking from today (17 November 2021) under world-first plans to curb alcohol-fuelled crime.
Prisons Minister Victoria Atkins has today (11 November 2021) outlined urgent action to address ‘unacceptable’ failings at a secure training centre run by G4S.
Hollesley Bay prison leaver has carved out a new career at HMP Highpoint.
The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary, spoke at a ceremony to mark the last phase of major construction work at the new prison at Glen Parva in Leicestershire – about his plans for state-of-…
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has unveiled the greenest and most innovative jail in the country.
Victims, courts and prisons will benefit from the Ministry of Justice’s largest funding increase in more than a decade, awarded in yesterday’s Spending Review.
X-ray body scanners have stopped 10,000 attempts to smuggle contraband including drugs, weapons and phones into prisons in just over a year.
Offenders’ community punishments will be better focused on paying back society under a £93 million expansion plan.
Almost 26,000 extra offenders will be tagged over the next 3 years under an ambitious £180 million plan to expand the use of electronic monitoring to cut crime.
Gov Facility Services Ltd (GFSL) is proud to announce the winners of its own Hidden Heroes today (29 September 2021).
New action plan details measures to improve standards over the coming months.
HMP Garth prisoners have become the first to build eco-friendly lights in-house, cutting prisons’ energy use and saving taxpayers’ money.
Expansion of Clink Kitchens Scheme to help thousands of offenders find jobs and turn their backs on crime.
GFSL organises East Sutton Park Volunteering Day to tackle some of the outstanding works in the prison’s 85 acre grounds.
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.
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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