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The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
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Kneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-prisons-crisis-moving-men-into-womens-jails-is-not-the-answer

#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Politics #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
By Editorial

Kneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-prisons-crisis-moving-men-into-womens-jails-is-not-the-answer

#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Politics #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
By Editorial

Kneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-prisons-crisis-moving-men-into-womens-jails-is-not-the-answer

#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Politics #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #Editorial

The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
By Editorial

Kneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-prisons-crisis-moving-men-into-womens-jails-is-not-the-answer

#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Politics #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #Editorial

Probation staff vote to strike in blow to Burnham plans on early release
By Peter Walker, Rajeev Syal and Caroline Davies

Napo members overwhelmingly back action after union had criticised prisons proposals as rushed

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/11/probation-staff-strike-vote-burnham-early-release

#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Industrialaction #Tradeunions #Politics #Society #UKnews #Law #TheGuardian #PeterWalker #RajeevSyal #CarolineDavies

PM asks justice secretary to find way to exclude PC Harper’s killers from early release scheme
By Caroline Davies

Andy Burnham said to be ‘determined’ to work out solution after increasing pressure from family and police

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/11/andy-burnham-justice-secretary-early-release-scheme-pc-andrew-harper-killers

#UKcriminaljustice #AndyBurnham #Politics #Law #Prisonsandprobation #AngelaRayner #AlexNorris #Society #Labour #UKnews #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/may/23/anti-protest-sentences-rise-england-wales-political-prisoners #UkCriminalJustice #EnvironmentalActivism #Protest #PalestineAction #UkNews #Law #PrisonsAndProbation #JustStopOil #Palestine