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Police and ombudsman investigate death of boy, 16, at young offender institution https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/23/police-investigate-death-boy-feltham-young-offender-institution #PrisonsAndProbation #Police #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #UkNews
Police and ombudsman investigate death of boy, 16, at young offender institution

Teenager found unresponsive at Feltham YOI, the first such death in England or Wales since 2019

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World news | The GuardianApr 13
‘Little progress’ in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/14/hmp-manchester-drones-drugs-chief-inspector-prisons-england-wales #PrisonsAndProbation #Society #UkNews #Manchester
‘Little progress’ in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says

Chief inspector for England and Wales says prison remains in ‘precarious state’ more than year after urgent notification

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World news | The GuardianApr 8
Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/isolate-jailed-drug-dealers-charlie-taylor-inspector-prisons #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Crime #DrugsTrade #Drugs #Society #UkNews #Politics
Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’

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World news | The GuardianMar 30
Expansion of HMP Parc in Wales should be paused, MPs say https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/30/expansion-of-hmp-parc-in-wales-should-be-paused-mps-say #PrisonsAndProbation #UkNews #Wales #UkCriminalJustice #G4s
Expansion of HMP Parc in Wales should be paused, MPs say

Welsh affairs committee says Bridgend jail is ‘not the right place’ to add inmates after deaths, violence and staff shortages

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World news | The GuardianMar 26
Man who murdered pregnant girlfriend given whole-life order after court rules 42-year term too lenient https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/26/shaine-march-sentenced-whole-life-order-murder-pregnant-girlfriend #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #Femicide #PrisonsAndProbation #CourtOfAppeal #UkCriminalJustice #Law #Society #UkNews #Crime
Man who murdered pregnant girlfriend given whole-life order after court rules 42-year term too lenient

Shaine March fatally stabbed Alana Odysseos, who was in early stages of pregnancy, after being released on licence for killing teenager in 2000

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World news | The GuardianMar 19
Tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales at risk of cell fires https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/19/prisoners-england-wales-cell-fires-risk-moj #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Politics #Law #Society #UkNews
Tens of thousands of prisoners in England and Wales at risk of cell fires

About a quarter of prison places are unsafe, Ministry of Justice admits

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World news | The GuardianMar 19
Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/19/electronic-tagging-offenders-england-and-wales-expansion #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #England #Wales #UkNews #JamesTimpson #Politics #Crime
Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales

Most dangerous offenders on probation will now be watched more closely than ever before, says government

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World news | The GuardianMar 16
‘Green shoots’ in drive to cut number of women in England and Wales prisons https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/prisons-women-justice-board-england-wales #PrisonsAndProbation #UkCriminalJustice #Women #Society #Law #UkNews
‘Green shoots’ in drive to cut number of women in England and Wales prisons

Prisons minister says more women should be diverted away from jail – and new board aims to bring about that change

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianMar 14
London’s Burning actor John Alford, 54, dies in prison https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/14/londons-burning-actor-john-alford-54-dies-in-prison #PrisonsAndProbation #UkNews #Society
London’s Burning actor John Alford, 54, dies in prison

Death comes two months after Alford was jailed for eight-and-a-half years for sexually assaulting two teenage girls

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World news | The GuardianMar 10
Jess Phillips backs jury bill as she reveals she is ‘victim of courts backlog’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/10/jess-phillips-backs-jury-bill-victim-courts-backlog #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #JessPhillips #UkCriminalJustice #SexualHarassment #Politics #Women #PrisonsAndProbation #DomesticViolence #DavidLammy #HouseOfCommons #Law #Society #UkNews
Jess Phillips reveals she is ‘victim of courts backlog’ as jury trial bill passes

Exclusive: Safeguarding minister says man accused of restraining order breach will not come to court until 2028

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