Whilst the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction; Lord Justice Fulford insisted on a retrial – and so Plummer was not ...
Whitemoor is a high-security prison where three quarters of prisoners are serving indeterminate sentences and 80% of the ...
New research into the functioning of the miscarriages of justice watchdog has found a ‘bizarre and troubling’ situation where ...
A new report has found 72% of prisons are overcrowded, up from 63% in 2023-24, amidst worsening safety outcomes from ...
The government has declared that rising costs mean there needs to be a 20-25% reduction in the volume of Core Education delivered in prisons across England and Wales. This announcement came in their ...
A review into failings in the criminal justice system has identified ‘chronic underfunding at every step’ and identified more ...
An inquest into the death of 39-year-old Matthew Osborne has revealed that multiple systemic failures at HMP Lowdham Grange ...
The Justice Secretary, David Lammy, has announced the Government’s intention to introduce ‘supermax-style units’ to prisons ...
Five former City of London traders convicted in high-profile rate-rigging cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal by ...
An environmental campaigner deceived into a six-month relationship with a police spy has told the Undercover Policing Inquiry ...
The rising death toll in prisons has been described as a ‘ national scandal’ by prisons charity the Howard League.
MPs and peers are expected to hear from three men who spent a total of 77 years in prison, had their convictions overturned in the last two years and haven’t received a penny in compensation – despite ...