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New 1,500-place prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood opened Category C prison HMP Millsike in Yorkshire.

The Independent UK

Killers could serve shorter jail terms for good behaviour in radical overhaul of sentencing, justice minister signals

Shabana Mahmood warned ‘short sentence reform on its own isn’t going to be enough’ to ease the overcrowding crisis as she opened a new 1,500-cell prison

The Independent UK

Overflowing prisons trigger emergency measure to house inmates in police cells

Justice secretary triggers Operation Safeguard to use police cells for prisoners overnight

The Independent UK

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Ban criminals from pubs and sports games instead of sending them to prison, minister suggests

The courts minister confirmed ministers will look at banning criminals from sports games, pubs and social events in a bid to free up prison spaces

The Independent UK

Bans from pubs and social events could be alternative to prison, minister says

Sports ground exclusions and mandatory work for offenders in England and Wales ‘part of mix’ under sentencing review

The Guardian - UK

Prisoners in England and Wales could earn early release under Texas-style shakeup

Justice secretary considers introduction of good behaviour credits in radical ‘carrot-and-stick’ approach

The Guardian - UK

Prisoners could earn early parole through good behaviour and working

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been on a fact-finding mission to Texas.

Evening Standard

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Prison shake-up could see inmates work to earn freedom

Texas-inspired changes are being proposed for UK prisons

The Independent UK

Prison should be the last resort of criminal justice

Letters: Readers share their perspectives on prisoner literacy, custodial sentencing and the objective of being ‘tough on crime’

The Guardian - UK

Top Tory accidentally exposes party’s shocking record on prison spaces

Exclusive: Responding to a written question from Tory MP Richard Holden, a justice minister revealed that the Conservatives increased the capacity of the prison estate by less than 500 spaces in fourteen years

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the Gauke review: prison isn’t working

Editorial: A performative ‘tough on crime’ approach by politicians has been both ineffective and ruinously expensive

The Guardian - UK

UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds

David Gauke, former Conservative justice secretary, has said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee-jerk’ policy response to show government action

The Independent UK

Prisons crisis: Posturing 'tough on crime' politicians to blame for justice system collapse

David Gauke’s major review of criminal sentencing blames posturing ‘tough on crime’ politicians for the prisons crisis

Evening Standard

Prison system crisis due to overreliance on long sentences, says Gauke review

Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Political drive to look ‘tough on crime’ behind prison capacity crisis – report

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.

The Guardian - UK

‘Creative use of punishment’: Covid-style lockdowns proposed for criminals in England and Wales

Bar Council calls for pandemic restrictions to help reintegrate non-violent offenders into society and ease pressure on overcrowded jails

The Guardian - UK

MP calls for specific domestic violence offence in England and Wales

Exclusive: Josh Babarinde pushing for change in law after some abusers were part of autumn early release from prison

The Guardian - UK

Assaults in prisons in England and Wales rise to average of 74 a day

Research for Lib Dems shows nearly 27,000 assaults were recorded last year, with about 3,200 deemed serious

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The Independent UK

Offenders should be moved to open prisons to tackle overcrowding, says former justice secretary

David Gauke says we should follow the example of Spain, where the prison population has fallen

Evening Standard

Former justice secretary urges UK to make more use of open prisons

David Gauke is leading a sentencing review.

Evening Standard

End unfair criminal punishments for domestic abuse survivors, say campaigners

Shabana Mahmood has already promised to cut the number of women serving prison sentences

The Guardian - UK

Prisons crisis will test Labour’s mettle

Letter: Prof Rod Morgan says the last thing we should be doing is expanding the prison system as the government intends to do

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour and prisons: sustained courage is needed for rational reform

Circumstances have forced the government into a more rational penal policy but it will take time to show results

The Guardian - UK

Specialist courts proposed to break addictions of prolific offenders in England and Wales

Exclusive: Pilots of scheme to tackle drug-driven crimes have been encouraging, says head of sentencing review

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: What reforms could actually solve the prison capacity crisis?

In today’s newsletter: With a sentencing review ordered and the crisis in the criminal justice system deepening, the government is tasked with finding solutions to what seems like an intractable problem

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