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IPP prisoner held for 17 years renounces British citizenship and asks for deportation
A British-Egyptian man still in HMP Manchester almost 10 years after his minimum term expired says deportation to Egypt is now his only hope.
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Prisoner gets two more years for threatening former partner from HMP Norwich phone
A 27-year-old man got round a call block to leave voicemails threatening to kill his former partner and to share her private photographs with other prisoners.
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HMP Aylesbury unit to support IPP prisoners furthest from release
The Phoenix Unit will house 49 men, 15 of them serving IPP sentences, and offer yoga, acupuncture and a Stoicism course to help disengaged prisoners move towards parole.
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Government admits 15% of people meant to wear tags have no equipment fitted
A Ministry of Justice review found 5,450 people under electronic monitoring orders without equipment, as the National Audit Office warned against expanding tagging until the system improves.
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Inspectors hold up HMP Wayland as a model for fair treatment and inclusion
A blog from HM Inspectorate of Prisons praises the Norfolk prison for reverse mentoring, prisoner equality advocates and cultural events, while warning that ethnic disparities persist nationally.
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Prisoners’ Education Trust calls for reversal of prison education cuts
The charity’s report on distance learning urges ministers to restore funding and scrap the rule that bars prisoners with more than six years left to serve from tuition fee loans.
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Amber Rudd to lead independent review of the prison system
Justice Secretary David Lammy has asked the former Home Secretary to assess the long-term risks facing prisons and to report back by December 2026.
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Government plans 25-year minimum starting point for domestic murders
People who kill a partner or former partner at home with a knife or other weapon could serve an extra 10 years under plans announced by the Ministry of Justice.
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HMP Millsike officer receives suspended sentence over relationship with prisoner
A 42-year-old prison custody officer admitted misconduct in public office after monitoring of a prisoner’s emails revealed intimate pictures she had sent him.
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Ombudsman finds mental health and safeguarding failings before HMP Isle of Wight death
A Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report into the death of Norman Loseby in November 2020 found that his care fell short and that past recommendations had not been fully acted on.