World news | The Guardian4h ago
Five men jailed indefinitely for public protection get sentences referred for appeal https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/28/five-men-jailed-indefinitely-for-public-protection-get-sentences-referred-for-appeal #PrisonsAndProbation #Law #Society #UkCriminalJustice #Crime #UkNews
Five men jailed indefinitely for public protection get sentences referred for appeal

Men were jailed under much-criticised imprisonment for public protection scheme in England and Wales, or its equivalent for children

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Last Palestine Action hunger striker ends protest after being hospitalised with organ failure https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/27/last-palestine-action-hunger-striker-ends-protest-hospitalised-organ-failure #PalestineAction #UkNews #PrisonsAndProbation
Last Palestine Action hunger striker ends protest after being hospitalised with organ failure

Prisoner Umer Khalid, 22, started refusing water in escalation of protest against charges and treatment in jail

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World news | The GuardianJan 19
Pepper spray use at young offender institutions in England ruled legal https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/19/pepper-spray-legal-young-offender-institutions-england #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #England #Wales #UkNews #Children #YoungPeople
Pepper spray use at young offender institutions in England ruled legal

Howard League charity fails in battle to halt government’s decision to make Pava available to prison staff

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World news | The GuardianJan 16
UK government drops plans to publish photos and names of offenders under community orders https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/16/uk-government-drops-plans-publish-photos-names-offenders-community-orders #PrisonsAndProbation #Labour #Politics #Crime #UkCriminalJustice #UkNews #Society
UK government drops plans to publish photos and names of offenders under community orders

Plans faced concerns that material could be used to humiliate children of offenders completing unpaid work

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World news | The GuardianJan 15
Did Palestine Action hunger strikers achieve their goals? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/15/did-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-achieve-their-goals #PalestineAction #PrisonsAndProbation #UkNews #Protest
Did Palestine Action hunger strikers achieve their goals?

Their cause drew global attention and they influenced a £2bn defence contract decision but some key demands were not met

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World news | The GuardianJan 9
Thousands of offenders in England to get health support at probation meetings https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/09/offenders-nhs-health-support-probation-meetings-england-pilot #PrisonsAndProbation #Nhs #Health #Society #England #UkNews
Thousands of offenders in England to get health support at probation meetings

Exclusive: NHS clinicians will sit in on appointments in pilot scheme in four areas aimed at reducing reoffending

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Opinion | The Guardian USJan 7
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/07/palestine-action-hunger-strikers-government #PalestineAction #UkNews #DavidLammy #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Politics
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility

The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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World news | The GuardianJan 7
‘Catastrophic’ MoJ leasing of jail with toxic gas set to cost more than £100m https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/07/catastrophic-moj-leasing-dartmoor-jail-toxic-gas-cost #PrisonsAndProbation #DuchyOfCornwall #UkCriminalJustice #Politics #England #Devon #Society #UkNews
‘Catastrophic’ MoJ leasing of jail with toxic gas set to cost more than £100m

MPs criticise 10-year deal struck in ‘blind panic’ to rent Dartmoor prison, where high levels of radon had been detected

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Opinion | The Guardian USDec 19
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
I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why

Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USNov 15
She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/15/prison-officer-convicted-rapist-relationship #Prisonsandprobation #Relationships #Lifeandstyle #Society #Crime
She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him?

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars?

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