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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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