"And now, while the #criminaljusticesystem is in flames – record, growing #courtbacklogs; record delays; #trials unable to go ahead for a lack of #judges and £barristers; crumbling #courtbuildings; overflowing #prisons; #chronicunderstaffing – the #LordChancellor has backed herself into a pointless, idiotic fight in which she may ultimately be forced to dismantle the one part of the system which was quietly and effectively getting on with its job."
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https://thesecretbarrister.com/2025/04/02/we-need-to-talk-about-the-sentencing-council/
We need to talk about the Sentencing Council
The past few weeks have seen significant political and media attention lavished on the Sentencing Council of England and Wales, a small independent non-departmental public body which has hitherto a…
Prisons ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as inmates forced to share single cells
Longer sentences and court backlogs push 25% of prisoners in England and Wales into shared cells, adding to drug-use and violence
Court backlogs for rape and sexual offences hit record high with ‘devastating’ waits for justice
The stark figures coincide with the scathing Casey report into policing, which found officers had failed to protect women
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