MoJ announces prison building programme

23 March 2017

The Justice Secretary unveiled plans for four new prisons in Yorkshire, Wigan, Rochester and Port Talbot. The new prisons will provide an additional 5,000 prison places.

CJA News

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Policy News

PM announced justice policy changes
15 August 2019
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Probation services to be returned to the public sector
16 May 2019
The Ministry of Justice announced that responsibility for offender management will be returned to the public sector. From Spring 2021, the National Probation … Continued
NAO expresses concern about probation reforms
26 March 2019
The National Audit Office published its latest progress review of the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms. The report concludes the Ministry of Justice ‘set itself … Continued