A jury at Leeds Crown Court convicted the three men of killing the 33-year-old in his cell in November last year. The judge told them none will ever leave prison.
Lord Timpson told the Justice Committee that most recent inspection reports showed improvement, though its chair contrasted that picture with gloomier findings from monitoring boards.
The campaign group, which wants life sentences for children abolished, gave a platform to people serving such sentences, their mothers and legal experts.
Kim Johnson spoke out as the BBC screened a film about a woman serving 30 years for murder under Joint Enterprise, although her partner committed the crime.
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman found the prison took five days to tell Simon Dunn’s next of kin of his death and did not explore his risk factors well enough.
A four-week course run by TreasureTress teaches imprisoned dads to braid and care for their children’s textured hair, ending with a family visit day.
A £9 million funding increase will expand Intensive Supervision Courts from five to 11 sites across England and Wales, with a focus on prolific offenders, women and people misusing substances.
Neil Gray says community sentences can cut reoffending more effectively than short spells in custody, while prison should remain for those who present a risk.
‘Incarcerated’ pairs two decades of prison photography with essays from academics studying how nineteenth-century jails have changed, and every prison library in England and Wales will get a free copy.
A former Staffordshire detective received a suspended sentence after admitting money laundering connected to a gang that flew drugs and blades into jails by drone. Three men in the group were jailed.
