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The rule which currently requires all parole hearings to be held in private will be relaxed as part of the government’s efforts to increase public confidence in the process.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Government announces £70 million investment in accommodation and wider support for prison leavers to cut crime.
Advanced X-ray body scanners have stopped over 1,376 illegal items, including drugs, weapons and phones, getting into prisons, just 4 months after being installed.
38 organisations will receive almost £2 million in government funding so their vital work steering women away from crime can continue.
A ground-breaking Local Partnership Agreement has been signed by the Department for Work and Pensions and Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS).
The quick and decisive action taken since the beginning of the pandemic has helped to limit the spread of the virus in prisons.
Secure video calls rolled out in all prisons in just over 6 months to maintain vital family contact.
Four new prisons are to be built across England over the next six years.
Minister of State Lucy Frazer QC MP has made a statement on preparedness to deal with coronavirus (COVID-19) in prisons.
Mary-Louisa Andrews has had her sentence increased to 5 years.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Law Officers challenged 140 sentences in 2018
Ignacy Brzezinski, Wojciech Nowakowski, and Jan Sadowski were sentenced to a total of 20 years 6 months' imprisonment.
Anthony Fearn has now been given an immediate custodial sentence.
Freya Squires has had her sentence increased to 4 years 8 months' imprisonment by the Court of Appeal.
Louis Mireles has been sentenced to 2 years 6 months' imprisonment.
Stephen Unsworth has had his sentence increased for offences including robbery and wounding with intent to resist arrest.
Carl Wood and Scott Taylor have had their sentences increased by the Court of Appeal
Tashina Nayyar, Muhammed Babar Bashir and Koteswara Nallamothu were involved in two separate schemes worth over £650,000
Jamie Pickering has been given an immediate custodial sentence of 3 years.
David Blyth has had his sentence increased to 13 years 6 months' imprisonment by the Court of Appeal.
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