"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."

#Sentencingcouncil

https://thesecretbarrister.com/2025/04/02/we-need-to-talk-about-the-sentencing-council/

Father still trapped in jail 18 years after being given 8-month IPP sentence - for waving a starting pistol | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/ipp-sentence-james-lawrence-torment-b2619658.html

#IPP
#IndefiniteJailTerms
#Southampton
#StartingPistol
#Woodley
#Prison
#PrisonService
#LordChancellor

One of the best surviving fragments of Henry VIII’s privy apartments at Hampton Court Palace, the “Wolsey Closet” provides a glimpse of how colourful and highly decorated those apartments were. In Issue 04, Charles Farris explores the wonders of this small space, where nothing is as it seems.

https://bit.ly/3VxWf5i

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