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Justice Secretary urges Pro-Palestinian groups to heed Met call on march

Alex Chalk distanced himself from the Home Secretary’s language of ‘hate march’ to describe the rallies.

The Independent UK

Amnesty urges police not to ban pro-Palestinian march in London

Human rights body calls on Met not to bow to ‘political pressure’ over planned protest on Armistice Day

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman plan to stop tents for homeless people junked from Kings Speech by No 10

Rishi Sunak refused to back his home secretary’s much-criticised claim rough-sleeping a ‘lifestyle choice’

The Independent UK

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London Tory MP slams Suella Braverman over 'hate march' and homeless 'lifestyle choice' remarks

Health Secretary Steve Barclay refused to back her controversial comments on homeless people living in tents on the street

Evening Standard

Jail sentences to end for thousands of abusive men under plans to tackle overcrowding crisis

Exclusive: Government plans to stop judges sending criminals convicted of harassment, stalking and revenge porn to prison – but campaigners warn they could slip through the net

The Independent UK

Ministers cut the amount of time offenders have to declare convictions

Offenders who have committed serious sexual, violent, or terrorist offences are excluded from the changes.

The Independent UK

Subpostmasters betrayed, contaminated blood victims forgotten: why is Britain so bad at righting wrongs?

Interminable public inquiries won’t give the victims of medical scandals and miscarriages of justice their lives back , says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Senior judge to chair inquiry into wrongful rape conviction of Andrew Malkinson

Mr Malkinson had his 2003 conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal in July.

The Independent UK

Law compelling convicts to be in court for sentencing expected in King’s Speech

The Justice Secretary said the change to the law would be brought forward in the ‘coming session’.

The Independent UK

Probation officers fear repeat of failings in murder case as pressures mount

Moves to free up prison places in England and Wales have prompted panic in already overstretched probation service

The Guardian - UK

Justice Secretary to take ‘decisive action’ over indefinite prison sentences

His comments come as capacity in the prison estate has come under serious pressure.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on probation: the service has not recovered from a privatisation disaster

Editorial: To ease the prisons crisis, improved management of offenders in the community is essential

The Guardian - UK

Low-level offenders to be spared jail to free up space in overcrowded prisons

Government will switch penalties to community service and release some prisoners early

The Independent UK

Thousands of prisoners in England and Wales to be released up to 18 days early

Government sources say proposals will apply to those serving a sentence of less than four years

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Why the collapse of Britain’s prison system is good news

Our jails are academies of crime and dens of violence. A less punitive approach could help, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Independent UK

Ex-victims’ commissioner reappointed to role for one-year term

Baroness Helen Newlove, whose husband was killed in 2007, previously held the post between 2013 and 2019.

The Guardian - UK

Government to allow prisons to release some offenders 18 days early to ease overcrowding – as it happened

Justice secretary says move will not apply to anyone serving a life sentence and those released will be tagged

The Guardian - UK

MoJ to free up cells by deporting more foreign prisoners and axing short terms

Justice secretary planning to remove overseas criminals after six months and give more community sentences in England and Wales

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More foreign offenders to be sent home amid plans to ease prison pressures

The Justice Secretary will also announce plans to bring forward legislation that would allow prisoners to be held overseas.

The Guardian - UK

Two-thirds of prisons officially overcrowded in England and Wales

HMP Wandsworth holding more extra prisoners than any other jail despite recent high-profile problems

The Independent UK

Low-level criminals to swap prison for community service, says Chalk

But rapists would be forced to serve their full sentence in prison under promised reforms, Alex Chalk has said.

The Guardian - UK

Sewage in rivers, crumbling schools – what next? No room in prisons for rapists and burglars

Even as our jails run out of places, Tories push the myth that longer sentences make us safer, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent UK

Barclay refuses to say if judges have been told not to jail some criminals

The Health Secretary told broadcasters that Justice Secretary Alex Chalk will address the issue in a statement to the Commons on Monday.

The Independent UK

Joanna Simpson: Hammer killer who battered wife will not be automatically released, justice secretary vows

Alex Chalk has used new powers to block Robert Brown’s automatic release after serving 13 years for killing Joanna Simpson and burying her in a pre-dug grave

The Guardian - UK

Justice secretary blocks release of man who bludgeoned estranged wife to death

Decision to release Robert Brown halfway through 26-year sentence for killing Joanna Simpson referred to Parole Board

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