#ukcriminaljustice — Public Fediverse posts

John Worboys is denied parole for second time https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/14/john-worboys-denied-parole-second-time-black-cab-rapist #JohnWorboys #Crime #PrisonsAndProbation #London #UkNews #Society #Law #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #UkCriminalJustice

Officer who cracked serial rapist Worboys case says justice system ‘close to exploding’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/09/officer-cracked-serial-rapist-john-worboys-justice-system-exploding #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Crime #London #RapeAndSexualAssault #Police #UkNews #Drama #Itv1 #DanielMays #Television #Culture #UkCriminalJustice

Officer who cracked serial rapist Worboys case says justice system ‘close to exploding’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/09/officer-cracked-serial-rapist-john-worboys-justice-system-exploding #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Crime #London #RapeAndSexualAssault #Police #UkNews #Drama #Itv1 #DanielMays #Television #Culture #UkCriminalJustice

Officer who cracked serial rapist Worboys case says justice system ‘close to exploding’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/09/officer-cracked-serial-rapist-john-worboys-justice-system-exploding #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Crime #London #RapeAndSexualAssault #Police #UkNews #Drama #Itv1 #DanielMays #Television #Culture #UkCriminalJustice

Officer who cracked serial rapist Worboys case says justice system ‘close to exploding’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/09/officer-cracked-serial-rapist-john-worboys-justice-system-exploding #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Crime #London #RapeAndSexualAssault #Police #UkNews #Drama #Itv1 #DanielMays #Television #Culture #UkCriminalJustice

Attempts to stop prison drone drug deliveries hampered by crumbling Victorian walls https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/06/prison-drone-drug-deliveries-crumbling-victorian-walls #PrisonsAndProbation #DronesNonmilitary #Crime #UkNews #UkCriminalJustice #Drugs #DrugsTrade

Jeremy Bamber banned from communicating with media from prison https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/04/jeremy-bamber-banned-from-communicating-with-media-from-prison #JeremyBamber #UkNews #Essex #England #UkCriminalJustice #PrisonsAndProbation #Law #Society #Media

Police and ombudsman investigate death of boy, 16, at young offender institution https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/23/police-investigate-death-boy-feltham-young-offender-institution #PrisonsAndProbation #Police #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #UkNews

Man found guilty of rape that led to Andrew Malkinson’s wrongful imprisonment https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/17/man-found-guilty-of-that-led-to-andrew-malkinsons-wrongful-imprisonment #Crime #RapeAndSexualAssault #UkCriminalJustice #Police #GreaterManchester #UkNews #Manchester #England #Society #Law

Victims and bereaved families to get more time to challenge ‘unduly lenient’ sentences https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/08/victims-and-bereaved-families-to-get-more-time-to-challenge-unduly-lenient-sentences #Sentencing #UkCriminalJustice #Law #UkNews #DavidLammy #CourtOfAppeal

Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/isolate-jailed-drug-dealers-charlie-taylor-inspector-prisons #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Crime #DrugsTrade #Drugs #Society #UkNews #Politics

Expansion of HMP Parc in Wales should be paused, MPs say https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/30/expansion-of-hmp-parc-in-wales-should-be-paused-mps-say #PrisonsAndProbation #UkNews #Wales #UkCriminalJustice #G4s

Man who murdered pregnant girlfriend given whole-life order after court rules 42-year term too lenient https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/26/shaine-march-sentenced-whole-life-order-murder-pregnant-girlfriend #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Femicide #PrisonsAndProbation #CourtOfAppeal #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #UkNews #Crime

Tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales at risk of cell fires https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/19/prisoners-england-wales-cell-fires-risk-moj #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Politics #Law #Society #UkNews

Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/19/electronic-tagging-offenders-england-and-wales-expansion #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #England #Wales #UkNews #JamesTimpson #Politics #Crime

‘Green shoots’ in drive to cut number of women in England and Wales prisons https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/prisons-women-justice-board-england-wales #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Women #Society #Law #UkNews

Jess Phillips backs jury bill as she reveals she is ‘victim of courts backlog’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/10/jess-phillips-backs-jury-bill-victim-courts-backlog #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #JessPhillips #UkCriminalJustice #SexualHarassment #Politics #Women #PrisonsAndProbation #DomesticViolence #DavidLammy #HouseOfCommons #Law #Society #UkNews

Soham murderer Ian Huntley dies after HMP Frankland prison attack https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/07/soham-murderer-ian-huntley-dies-after-hmp-frankland-prison-attack #SohamMurders #Crime #UkNews #CountyDurham #PrisonsAndProbation #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #UkCriminalJustice

I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/19/hunger-strike-british-prison-arms-to-israel #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #PalestineAction #Worldnews #Protest #UKnews

AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/10/ai-chatbots-stop-prisoner-release-errors #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #JamesTimpson #DavidLammy #Technology #Politics #Society #UKnews

Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/08/jailed-uk-climate-protesters-facing-conditions-reserved-for-extremists-on-release #Environmentalactivism #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Climatecrisis #Environment #JustStopOil #Activism #Protest #Society #UKnews #Law

Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/01/tech-firms-suggested-placing-trackers-under-offenders-skin-at-meeting-with-justice-secretary #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #ShabanaMahmood #Technology #Politics #UKnews #Law

UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Technology #Police #UKnews #Crime

Biased laws and poverty driving huge rise in female prisoners – report https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/12/biased-laws-poverty-debt-abortion-female-prisoners-penal-reform-report #Women'srightsandgenderequality #Prisonsandprobation #Globaldevelopment #UKcriminaljustice #SierraLeone #Worldnews #Prisons #Society #Zambia #Africa #Women #Law

Hannah Arendt and Henry David Thoreau invoked in court by climate protesters https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan/29/hannah-arendt-and-henry-david-thoreau-invoked-in-court-by-climate-protesters #Environmentalactivism #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Climatecrisis #JustStopOil #Protest #UKnews

Drones flying into jails in England and Wales are national security threat, says prisons watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/14/drones-flying-into-jails-national-security-threat-prisons-watchdog #Drones(non-military) #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Technology #Society #England #UKnews #Gangs #Wales #Drugs

Elderly activist to spend Christmas in prison because tag does not fit https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/21/elderly-activist-to-spend-christmas-in-prison-because-tag-does-not-fit #Prisonsandprobation #UKcriminaljustice #Climatecrisis #JustStopOil #Protest #Bristol #London #UKnews #Crime