December 22, 2006: Britain's Most Stolen Cars
December 21, 2006: Increase in Specialist Domestic Violence Courts
December 19, 2006: New Powers For
Foreign Nationals' Biometrics
December 18, 2006:
Sex Offenders' Register Expands
December 6, 2006: End Prison For Children, Says Howard League
November 23, 2006: New Bill: Offender Management and Probation Privatisation?
November 23, 2003: Probation Could Be Dismantled, Says Union
November
17, 2006: New Website Identifies Sex Offenders
November 13, 2006: Offenders Writing Memoirs
November 9, 2006:
Three Crime BillsBecome Law
November 7, 2006: Probation Union Response
November 7, 2006: Probation Review 'Non-Negotiable': John Reid
October 23, 2006: Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Work
October 20, 2006: Police Cells For Prisoners
October 9,
2006: Fourfold Increase In Recalls To Prison
October 6, 2006: Government To Scrap Probation Service, Says Napo
October 23, 2006: Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Work
October 20, 2006: Police Cells For Prisoners
October 9,
2006: Fourfold Increase In Recalls To Prison
October 6, 2006: Government To Scrap Probation Service, Says Napo
December 22, 2006:
Britain's Most Stolen Cars
The annual Home Office
Car
Theft Index shows that the numbers of car thefts has fallen. Overall, the
number of cars stolen in England, Wales and Scotland dropped substantially in
2005... more
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December 21, 2006: Increase in Specialist Domestic Violence Courts
The government is increasing the number of specialist domestic
violence courts to speed up the prosecution and sentencing of offenders: by
April 2007, the number of such courts in England and Wales will rise from...
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December 19, 2006: New Powers For Foreign Nationals' Biometrics
Powers to compel foreign nationals in the UK to register their
biometrics will be considered by the
Home Office next year. The power would be introduced on a rolling basis...
more
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December 18,
2006: Sex Offenders' Register Expands
Ministers have today changed the sex offenders' register so that
it can include offenders convicted of a wider range of crimes with sexual
motives. These sexually motivated offences will be added to the
Sexual Offences Act
2003. Anybody cautioned or convicted for... more
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December 6, 2006: End Prison For Children, Says Howard League
The Howard League for
Penal Reform has again called for an end to the use of prison custody for
children, due to the shocking conditions that many have to endure...
more
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November 23, 2006: New Bill: Offender Management and Probation Privatisation?
A new
Offender Management Bill was published today. The government argues that it
aims to reduce re-offending and better protect the public by improving the way
in which offenders are managed... more
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November 23, 2003: Probation Could Be Dismantled, Says Union
November 17, 2006: New Website Identifies Sex Offenders
A number of the UK's most wanted child sex offenders have been publicly
identified on the internet for the first time. Details of convicted paedophiles
have been published online by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP)
centre... more
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November 13, 2006: Offenders Writing Memoirs
A Home Office
consultation has been launched to find the best way to make sure offenders make
no money from selling the stories of their crimes. The consultation...
more
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November 9, 2006: Three Crime Bills Become Law
Three crime-related bills became law this week. The three new
Acts are tied in with the ongoing police and criminal justice reform. The
government argues that they will help... more
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November 7, 2006: Probation Union Response
Responding today to the
Home Secretary’s statement on the
Probation
Service and to revelations in the BBC
Panorama
programme, Harry Fletcher, Assistant General Secretary...
more
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November 7, 2006: Probation Review 'Non-Negotiable': John Reid
Home Secretary
John Reid claims the
probation
service is letting people down, and needs fundamental reform. In a speech to
prisoners and staff at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, he called for a new approach...
more
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October 23, 2006: Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements Work
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) are a
proven way to identify and manage violent and sexual offenders, according to
Gerry Sutcliffe, Under-Secretary of State for criminal justice and offender
management... more
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October 20, 2006: Police Cells For Prisoners
The Howard League for
Penal Reform has condemned the home secretary's decision to use police cells
to warehouse prisoners because of the prison overcrowding crisis....
more
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October 9, 2006: Fourfold Increase In Recalls To Prison
The Home Secretary’s prison crisis could be alleviated if he
returned professional judgement to probation staff when dealing with parole
decisions, according to probation union Napo.
At least 380 prisoners... more
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October 6, 2006: Government To Scrap Probation Service, Says Napo
Probation union Napo is
holding it’s 94th Annual General Meeting from 6 to 8 October, at a time
when, says Napo, the Government actively plans to scrap and privatise the
National
Probation Service. The Napo AGM... more
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