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  • Wellingborough jail contract awarded and new name revealed

    G4S has been awarded the contract to manage Wellingborough’s new jail, Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer announced today (6 October 2020).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Public safety boost with more secure accommodation for prison leavers

    An extra 1,700 offenders will receive closer supervision on their release from prison under plans to expand the number of places in approved premises.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • New prison to create jobs and boost economy

    Hundreds of jobs will be created as construction work on a new £286 million prison in Leicestershire gets underway, Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer announced today (2 September 2020).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Pause to prisoner early release scheme

    Prisoner early release scheme to be paused at the end of August 2020.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Improvements to care for pregnant women and mothers in prison

    Individual care plans and increased staff training on supporting vulnerable mothers and pregnant women will significantly improve the way they are cared for in custody, under a new policy published today (Friday 31 July).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • GFSL staff member going above and bee-yond at HMP Warren Hill

    Alan Weale, a electrician at HMP Warren Hill has gone above and bee-yond by donating two colonies of bees from his own apiary in Suffolk.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Four new prisons boost rehabilitation and support economy

    Four new prisons are to be built across England over the next six years.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Improved training to reduce conflict in youth custody

    Prison officers will receive improved training on how to resolve conflict without resorting to the use of force, and when they should temporarily separate children from others in youth custody for everyone’s safety, followin…

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Government to take control of unpaid work to strengthen community sentences

    Unpaid work and key programmes to stop criminals reoffending will be delivered by HM Prison and Probation Service from next June, the Lord Chancellor confirmed today (11 June 2020).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Coronavirus recovery in prisons and probation

    Prisons and Probation Minister Lucy Frazer has today (2 June 2020) set out how those services will start to recover from the restrictions imposed in response to coronavirus.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Specialist Youth Justice degree for all officers working with children

    Prison officers are being taught specialist skills to support their vital work with children who are in custody having committed serious offences.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • 14-year minimum jail terms for most dangerous terror offenders

    Terrorists face a minimum of 14 years behind bars for serious offences and tougher monitoring, as a new Bill enters Parliament today (20 May 2020).

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Secure video calls to help prisoners maintain family ties

    Family video calls will be introduced at prisons and young offender institutions across England and Wales.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • GFSL giving prisoners a second chance with work schemes

    Ministry of Justice owned Facilities Management company, Gov Facility Services Ltd (GFSL), has been giving offenders a chance to gain valuable work experience since it opened for business in early 2018.

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  • Further expansion of prison estate to protect NHS

    A former Secure Training Centre will receive its first adult prisoners today as part of further work to temporarily expand the prison estate to protect the public and NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Update on COVID-19 in prisons

    Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer has provided an update on measures introduced to contain the spread of COVID-19 in our jails.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Extension of Peter Clarke’s tenure as HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

    The Secretary of State has announced the extension of Peter Clarke’s tenure as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Prison estate expanded to protect NHS from coronavirus risk

    Work to expand the prison estate by installing the first of 500 temporary, single occupancy cells will begin from today, as part of the Government’s unprecedented action to protect the public and NHS during the Coronavirus p…

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Pregnant prisoners to be temporarily released from custody

    Pregnant women in custody who do not pose a high risk of harm to the public will be temporarily released from prison.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Prison visits cancelled

    Following instructions for people to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives, introduced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, prison visits are temporarily cancelled.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government