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Keeping women out of prison must be the focus | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Readers respond to an editorial on overcrowded jails and plans to convert parts of the women’s prison estate for use by men

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/14/keeping-women-out-of-prison-must-be-the-focus

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Ministers propose converting female prison estate into cells for men
By Jessica Elgot and Alexandra Topping

Plans would see parts of estate converted but campaigners warn it just ‘moves the crisis from one part to another’

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/07/ministers-propose-converting-female-prison-estate-into-cells-for-men

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Burnham pledges to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas – UK politics live https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/aug/19/andy-burnham-homelessness-rough-sleeping-christmas-labour-tories-reform-prisons-north-sea-oil-uk-politics-latest #Politics #UkNews #AndyBurnham #Homelessness #PrisonsAndProbation #DaleVince #Oil #Housing #Poverty #SocialExclusion #Society

Burnham pledges to get thousands of rough sleepers off streets for Christmas – UK politics live
By Tom Ambrose

PM promises to mount ‘Covid-style campaign’ to get homeless people off streets in winter

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/aug/19/andy-burnham-homelessness-rough-sleeping-christmas-labour-tories-reform-prisons-north-sea-oil-uk-politics-latest

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Burnham ‘personally intervened’ over possible early prison release of grooming gang perpetrators https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/06/burnham-intervened-possible-early-prison-release-grooming-gang-perpetrators #PrisonsAndProbation #RapeAndSexualAssault #UkCriminalJustice #Sentencing #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Bradford #AndyBurnham #UkNews #Politics #England #Wales

Burnham ‘personally intervened’ over possible early prison release of grooming gang perpetrators
By Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Government ‘urgently’ identifying men convicted in historic cases who could be freed in scheme loophole

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/06/burnham-intervened-possible-early-prison-release-grooming-gang-perpetrators

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Rapists, child abusers and groomers will not leave prison early, says PM
By Rajeev Syal and Alexandra Topping

Andy Burnham will also delay release of thousands of prisoners across England and Wales a month, until October

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/03/rapists-child-abusers-and-groomers-will-not-leave-prison-early-says-pm

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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