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The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
By EditorialKneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Politics #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #Editorial
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The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
By EditorialKneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Politics #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #Editorial
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The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
By EditorialKneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Politics #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #Editorial
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The Guardian view on the prisons crisis: moving men into women’s jails is not the answer | Editorial
By EditorialKneejerk reactions to overcrowding will do more harm than good. Ministers should focus on probation
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Society #Politics #Labour #Conservatives #TheGuardian #Editorial
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From welfare to prisons: the challenges for Burnham when MPs return to Commons
By Kiran Stacey Policy editorPM’s honeymoon period will come to an end as he makes decisions on the budget, welfare, migration and prisons
#AndyBurnham #Politics #JohnHealey #RachelReeves #Taxandspending #Benefits #Welfare #Disability #KeirStarmer #Prisonsandprobation #Migration #Immigrationandasylum #ShabanaMahmood #UKcriminaljustice #Law #Society #UKnews #TheGuardian #KiranStaceyPolicyeditor
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Probation staff vote to strike in blow to Burnham plans on early release
By Peter Walker, Rajeev Syal and Caroline DaviesNapo 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
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Meet the offenders cleaning canals in the West Midlands as an alternative to prison
By Tom Pilston and Haroon SiddiqueWith the debate over prison overcrowding and what to do about it raging, one initiative offers an alternative solution
#Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Law #Society #Communities #WestMidlands #UKnews #TheGuardian #TomPilston #HaroonSiddique
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Meet the offenders cleaning canals in the West Midlands as an alternative to prison https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/07/offenders-cleaning-canals-west-midlands-prison-overcrowding #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #Communities #WestMidlands #UkNews
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Burnham to focus on keeping child rapists in prison as release scheme talks enter final day https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/02/andy-burnham-child-rapists-prison-release-scheme-talks #PrisonsAndProbation #AndyBurnham #Politics #UkNews #DavidLammy #KeirStarmer #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #KemiBadenoch #Labour
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Burnham to focus on keeping child rapists in prison as release scheme talks enter final day
By Alexandra Topping Political correspondentReview goes down to the wire after ministers speak with victims’ representatives and support services
#Prisonsandprobation #AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #DavidLammy #KeirStarmer #UKcriminaljustice #Law #Society #KemiBadenoch #Labour #TheGuardian #AlexandraToppingPoliticalcorrespondent
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Streeting and Mahmood accused of making ‘cheap jokes’ about prisoner early release scheme https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jul/22/streeting-mahmood-accused-cheap-jokes-prisoner-early-release-scheme #UkCriminalJustice #PrisonsAndProbation #ShabanaMahmood #WesStreeting #Law #Politics #Society #UkNews #Crime #Sentencing
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Streeting and Mahmood accused of making ‘cheap jokes’ about prisoner early release scheme
By Alexandra Topping Political correspondentVictims of crime say it’s ‘no laughing matter’ after ministers caught on hot mic ‘ribbing’ about scheme
#UKcriminaljustice #Prisonsandprobation #ShabanaMahmood #WesStreeting #Law #Politics #Society #UKnews #Crime #Sentencing #TheGuardian #AlexandraToppingPoliticalcorrespondent
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Long-term solutions to the Prison Service crisis | Letters
By Guardian StaffProf Ian Pickup on prison education, Henry Rossi on resentencing IPP prisoners, Andrew RC McLellan on earlier release and Dr Rod Earle on a lesson from 1930s Red Vienna
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/16/long-term-solutions-to-the-prison-service-crisis
#Prisonsandprobation #AmberRudd #DavidLammy #Sentencing #UKcriminaljustice #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Scrapping early release for sex offenders could leave no capacity in jails, says David Lammy https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/12/scrapping-early-release-sex-offenders-no-capacity-jails-england-wales-david-lammy #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #RapeAndSexualAssault #DavidLammy #England #Wales #UkNews #Politics #Law #Society