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Police were ‘consulted’ over early prison release scheme, says Ministry of Justice

Mark Rowley, Met commissioner, had said plans for England and Wales were made ‘without any analysis of the impact on policing’

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on young offenders: amid rising violence, they need support to change

Editorial: Unsustainable levels of conflict across the prison estate require a stronger response than pepper spray

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on sentencing reform: a landmark chance for change

Editorial: David Gauke’s review gives penal policy in England and Wales a once-in-a-generation opportunity to move in more constructive direction

The Guardian - UK

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Probation staff shortages threaten to derail plans to safely release prisoners early, ministers warned

Exclusive: ‘Vital window’ to boost probation workforce before prison reforms put huge pressure on service already in chaos, says union chief

The Independent UK

Voices: I’ve spent decades inside prisons – here’s how I’ll fix them for good

COMMENT: In light of the Gauke sentencing review, prisons minister Lord Timpson explains why, to end the perma-crisis in our justice system, we must now embark on the largest expansion of jail places since the Victorian era

The Independent UK

Would shorter prison sentences ‘spark a crime wave’? Here’s what the evidence says

The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review proposed the most significant reforms since the 1990s

The Independent UK

Do shorter prison sentences make society less safe? What the evidence says

The final report of the Independent Sentencing Review has proposed the most significant reform of sentencing and punishment in England and Wales since the 1990s.

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The Gauke report tells us how to reform British prisons – now, it’s up to politicians to make it happen

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Without a much stronger effort to monitor miscreants and prevent reoffending, David Gauke’s recommendations will, tragically, fail – with all the gruesome societal and political consequences that implies

The Independent UK

What are the ‘radical’ proposed reforms to UK criminal sentencing?

David Gauke said the suggestions in his review should solve the prison crisis. Here’s what he recommended

The Guardian - UK

Yeah but no but yeah but no but surrender. Life’s just one big betrayal for Kemi and co

Be it winter fuel, criminal justice, the EU or Chagos Islands, never miss a chance to try to rewrite Tory history

The Guardian - UK

Low-cost supermarkets would ‘blush’ at sentence review ‘discounts’, says Jenrick

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood accused the Conservatives of doing a ‘runner’ on prisons.

Evening Standard

‘Tough on crime’ politics has not made us safer – the prisons crisis has forced a rethink

ANALYSIS : As justice secretary Shabana Mahmood agrees to the biggest overhaul to sentencing in a generation, Amy-Clare Martin considers whether the new approach – to refocus the system on rehabilitation and reducing reoffending – will be effective

The Independent UK

Chemical castration of sex offenders to be piloted in 20 prisons, says Mahmood

The Government is exploring whether to enforce the chemical castration on offenders as mandatory, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood told MPs.

Evening Standard

What is chemical castration? Lord Chancellor considers procedure for serious sex offenders

Could chemical castration help ease overcrowding in UK prisons? What does it really entail?

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The Independent UK

Voices: Everyone wants prison reformed – even Reform. Labour must be bold

COMMENT: There is widespread public support, even among Nigel Farage’s supporters, for increasing community sentences for non-violent crime, writes Andrea Coomber, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform

Evening Standard

Chemical castration of sex offenders ‘worthwhile’ exploring – review chairman

The review led by former justice secretary David Gauke recommended reforms to overhaul the prisons system.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Starmer accused of being ‘beneath contempt’ for attack on Chagos deal critics – as it happened

Shadow defence secretary attacks PM’s assertion that opponents of the deal were on the side of Russia and China

The Independent UK

What does the sentencing review mean for prisons as chemical castration considered for sex offenders

Former Tory justice secretary David Gauke has called for overhaul of justice system in major sentencing review

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Evening Standard

Sex offenders could face mandatory chemical castration as blueprint to ease jails crisis unveiled

Chemical castration to suppress the sexual drive of sex offenders will be rolled out to 20 prisons across England

The Independent UK

Plans to use mandatory chemical castration on serious sexual offenders after prison review

Long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke says government must stop ‘overreliance’ on jail time to tackle overcrowding

Evening Standard

Fewer criminals to serve jail time under proposals to end prison overcrowding

Five key proposals put forward by the independent sentencing review are expected to cut the prison population by around 9,800.

The Guardian - UK

Shabana Mahmood considers chemical castration for serious sex offenders

Justice secretary expected to back radical sentencing reforms, including use of libido-suppressing drugs in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

More community sentences in England and Wales could be ‘catastrophic’, warns watchdog

Chief inspector of probation says public at risk from greater use of prison alternatives unless service is better funded

The Guardian - UK

Judges told to favour community alternatives over short prison sentences

Sentencing review to be published on Thursday aims to ‘ease prison capacity crisis’ and reduce reoffending

The Independent UK

‘It’s a scandal’: Fury as inmates trapped on indefinite jail terms excluded from scheme to free up prison space

Exclusive: Seven in 10 recalled IPP prisoners have committed no further crime but are held for more than two years on average. Releasing them would free up a prison, but they have been left out of the government’s scheme to reduce the recall population

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