All news on the topic: Prisons and probation

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Prisons in England and Wales have seen a rapid increase in the use of drones to deliver drugs
Prisons will need more money to combat the rapid rise in drones delivering drugs, the head of an influential Commons committee has said, as figures showed the number of aerial incursions predicted to have tripled in two years.
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Elderly activist to spend Christmas in prison because tag does not fit
Woman jailed for M25 protest not allowed to continue home detention because electronic tags are too big
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Murderers using strangulation or targeting ex-partners to face longer prison sentences
New laws to be introduced in England and Wales in attempt to reduce violence against women and girls
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Five individuals remain in jail 16 years after receiving IPP sentences of less than six months
‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind bars
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Burglar awarded £5m after being stabbed in Chelmsford prison kitchen
Steven Wilson was attacked after risk assessment failed to stop convicted murderer working in kitchen with access to knives
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Hundreds of prisoners released early in England and Wales were not fitted with electronic tags
Serco says it is working to fit electronic devices, which were a condition of early release of 1,700 last week
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A minister has not ruled out the possibility of the UK government renting prison space in Estonia
The Justice Ministry is reportedly considering sending criminals from England and Wales to a Baltic state.
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Labour urged to scrap £4bn Tory mega-jails plan and invest in rehabilitation instead
Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick says money would be better spent preventing crime