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皇冠体育app Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP and Amy Rees CB spoke in a briefing at Downing Street about the extent of the prison capacity crisis and plans to counter it.
Top tech experts are meeting the Justice Secretary as part of a Government drive to use AI and technology to transform the justice system and cut crime.
Frontline officers and young people in custody will be better protected under plans to equip specially selected and trained staff with synthetic pepper spray, the Government has announced today (24 April).
皇冠体育app first prisoners have been locked up at a new jail that will create nearly 1,500 prison places, helping to cut crime and make streets safer today as part of the Government鈥檚 Plan for Change (23 April).
Former senior circuit judge, Her Honour (HH) Deborah Taylor, has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to chair the statutory inquiry into the Nottingham attacks.
皇冠体育app government will introduce new legislation to stop Sentencing Council's guidelines coming into effect
鈥淧ublic safety must never be put at risk again by the failure to have enough prison places鈥�, Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said as she opened a new nearly 1,500-place prison in Yorkshire.
Lord Chancellor鈥檚 speech at the 2025 King鈥檚 Counsel appointment ceremony, recognising those who have been formally appointed to the rank of KC and Honorary KC.
Private prosecutors face greater transparency and accountability over unregulated or unlawful activity following a consultation to overhaul the current system.
Victims will receive swifter justice as the Government announces record funding for the Crown Court. New investment will see the courts sitting at the highest allocation since records began as part of its Plan for Change to 鈥�
In one of the biggest legislative updates to policing for decades, a package of new laws will tackle antisocial behaviour, shop theft and street crime.
皇冠体育app Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP, made a speech outlining her vision for the future of the probation service.
Probation staff will focus more of their time on prolific offenders and monitoring the most dangerous people
Victims of child sexual abuse will be better supported with new reforms that prioritise their rights.
皇冠体育app Lord Chancellor opened the first meeting of the Women鈥檚 Justice Board with a clear mission statement to send fewer women to prison.
Cutting crime and reducing the number of vulnerable women being sent to prison is top of the agenda at the first meeting of the Women鈥檚 Justice Board.
Criminal legal aid solicitors will receive up to 拢92 million more a year to help address the ongoing challenges in the criminal justice system.
皇冠体育app Lord Chancellor has announced that courts can now sit up to 108,500 days this year, helping to tackle the court backlog.
Victims of crimes will see the perpetrators face justice more quickly under a once-in-a-generation review of criminal courts, the Lord Chancellor announced today (12 December).
Fourteen thousand new prison places, with a target to open by 2031, form part of a 10-year Prison Capacity Strategy to make sure we always have the spaces needed to keep the public safe.
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