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Prison population hits record high as ‘half-baked and unworkable’ plan to send convicts to Estonia slammed

Dame Angela Eagle, the Home Office minister, refused to deny reports that some inmates could serve their sentences in the eastern European country, and admitted there were too few places in UK prisons

The Independent UK

Some probation officers given a week’s notice of serious offenders’ release, union says

Exclusive: Napo says officers do not feel protected as 2,000 offenders to be let out early to try to ease prison crisis

The Guardian - UK

British prisoners could be sent to Estonian jails in bid to ease overcrowding

Estonia’s justice minister says a partnership with the UK would ‘create further opportunities’ for both countries

The Independent UK

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First legally binding international treaty on AI to be signed by US, Britain and Brussels

Britain, Europe and America join forces to sign an legally binding international treaty to protect citizens from AI.

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Labour eager for progress on special tribunal to try Russia over Ukraine

Exclusive: Lord chancellor says she wants to ‘inject energy’ into stalling efforts to set up Nuremberg-style trial

The Guardian - UK

MoJ plan to free up prison spaces set to fail ‘because cells being filled by rioters’

Prison governors’ leader urges ministers to consider further measures to cut jail population or build new cells

The Guardian - UK

Prison early release scheme to include some serious offenders, MoJ admits

Prisoners serving time for lesser crime following serious one will be eligible under plan to free up jail space, officials confirm

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Prison population hits record high in England and Wales

Jail sentences handed to participants in recent riots thought to have exacerbated overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

Why have England and Wales nearly run out of prison spaces?

Fewer than 100 spaces remain in men’s prisons, reports say, and magistrates have been told to delay hearings.

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UN torture tsar calls on Starmer to review sentences of IPP prisoners trapped indefinitely behind bars

Dr Alice Jill Edwards says cases raised by The Independent highlight need for ‘urgent’ action to end ‘terrible indictment’ on UK justice system

The Independent UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Prisons were full and the criminal justice system in crisis long before the riots

The move to jail swiftly those who took part in riots this month played a vital part in ending the violence. Yet it also had the unavoidable effect of adding further strain to this country’s overcrowded prisons and under-pressure criminal justice system.

Evening Standard

Former prisons chief calls for rethink on jail expansion plan

Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick has questioned if spending money on new jails is the right measure to end the justice system crisis

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury warns Christians against membership of far-right groups

Justin Welby condemns violent disorder of recent days as ‘unchristian’

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet minister insists rioters won’t be released early despite prison overcrowding

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned the impact of the violent scenes will be felt in the criminal justice system ‘for months and years’

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Minister warns justice system will feel impact of riots for years as offenders risk up to a decade in jail

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the violence had made the job of dealing with issues including a massive backlog in court cases and overcrowding in prisons harder

Evening Standard

Impact of the riots will be felt 'for years to come', minister warns

Shabana Mahmood warned that the riots will set back Labour’s plans to fix the criminal justice system.

The Guardian - UK

Riots will set back efforts to rebuild Britain’s broken justice system, minister warns

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood says impact of disorder will last years as former social cohesion tsar urges review of events

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer promises to protect communities amid fears of further riots

Prime minister holds emergency Cobra meeting in face of escalation of disorder following Southport stabbings

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The Independent UK

Scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth to receive £100m to tackle ‘shocking’ failings

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood warned that the report shows the ‘reality of a prison system in crisis’

The Guardian - UK

Ministers prepare extra 500 prison places to remand suspected rioters

Former young offender institution repurposed and abandoned cells made safe, while scheme to free prisoners early continues

Evening Standard

Courts could open 24-hours to deal with rioters, says minister

Ministers insist there is capacity in the prison system to deal with rioters

The Independent UK

Serial killer Levi Bellfield’s request to marry behind bars blocked as government enforces ban

Killers convicted of the most severe crimes banned from marrying behind bars

The Guardian - UK

What needs to be done on probation

Letter: Probation was always best delivered as a local service, with national oversight of standards and procedures, writes Mick Gough

The Guardian - UK

Sunak rejected advice to release prisoners early a year ago

Discussions took place in June 2023 but aides thought backbenchers would reject proposal to ease overcrowding

The Independent UK

Violence, self-harm and drugs: Shock new figures lay bare crisis facing Britain’s prisons

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures on Thursday laid bare the scale of the chaos in UK prisons, days after the justice secretary announced emergency measures to ease the crisis

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