by prisonsorguk | Nov 8, 2016 | HM Prisons Inspectorate, Independent Monitoring Board, National Preventive Mechanism, Uncategorized
The Secretary of State for Justice, Liz Truss, has approved plans to overhaul the national governance structure for Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs). In July 2014 the Ministry of Justice received an independent report it had commissioned by Karen Page Associates...
by prisonsorguk | Oct 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Prison governors could be given greater flexibility under plans being considered by Michael Gove to relax the grip of Whitehall on the penal system. The Justice Secretary wants a greater focus on education in prisons and more businesses working with inmates to help...
by prisonsorguk | Jan 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ministers must urgently reveal how many prisoners convicted of terror offences have been released from jail on licence so Britain can assess the risk it faces in the wake of the Paris attacks, the Commons has heard. Tory MP Philip Davies (Shipley) said it was...
by prisonsorguk | Jan 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Inmates at a jail for teenagers represent 48 different gangs, inspectors have discovered, fuelling a “constant juggling” by prison officers to keep the boys apart. There were high levels of “unpredictable and reckless” violence among the 240...
