Jurors involved in ‘challenging and distressing’ trials will now have access to support as part of a new scheme launched by ...

The Ministry of Justice has announced is launching a review of sentencing policy to resolve the growing crisis in prisons.

Sargeant Martyn Blake, a Metropolitan Police Officer, has been acquitted for the fatal shooting of, 24-year-old, Chris Kaba.

Murder is to intentionally take another’s life. For such a heinous crime there must be an equally severe punishment. Something to hurt the perpetrator, deter others and protect society from further ...

Mary Prior KC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, critiqued the MoJ’s plan as it would ‘only increase pressure on reduced ...

Almost lost amid the avalanche of publicity which accompanied the release of the Birmingham Six on 14 March 1991 was an announcement from Home Secretary Kenneth Baker MP. A Royal Commission was to be ...

A new analysis of Welsh prisons shows ‘drastic deterioration’ in the latest of a series of reports by the Welsh Governance Centre within Cardiff University. The report has found increases in self-harm ...

A report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has found ‘multiple failings’ and ‘missed opportunities’ contributing to the self-inflicted death of a Colombian national at an immigration centre.

Charity Detention Action said the report highlighted the ‘inhumanity and harm of indefinite detention’. In 2022-23, nearly 50 ...