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1 month ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Charles Hymas |Danny Shaw
The centuries-old tradition where judges enter courts with the request "All rise" is to be replaced with an "inclusive" modern alternative of "All rise, if able". Officials in charge of courts in England and Wales have decreed that the change will be introduced across all courtrooms in the coming weeks to help to create "a more welcoming environment" for defendants, witnesses and members of the public who may be disabled.
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Mar 8, 2025 | 
msn.com | Charles Hymas |Danny Shaw
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Charles Hymas |Danny Shaw
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Jan 23, 2025 | telegraph.co.uk | Charles Hymas |Danny Shaw
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
trtespanol.com | Danny Shaw
La República de Haití no es solo el país más pobre del hemisferio occidental: es el más explotado, el más incomprendido y el más desigual. Haití tiene la tasa de millonarios más alta de cualquier país de América.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
aol.co.uk | Rajeev Syal |Danny Shaw
Prisoners serving controversial indeterminate sentences were given minimum terms of less than six months but have remained in jail for at least 16 years, newly released data shows. A total of five inmates serving sentences known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP) in England and Wales were handed tariffs less than six months, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data shows.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Charles Hymas |Danny Shaw
Burglars, drug dealers and fraudsters serving five-year jail sentences could be released to go home after just one year under new plans to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis. Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, announced on Tuesday that the Government will extend the amount of time offenders freed from jail can spend under house-arrest from six months to 12 months.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Charles Hymas |Danny Shaw
Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, is carrying out a prison sentencing review Credit: Ian Davidson/Alamy Live News Criminals could serve sentences at home under house arrest as part of government plans to “reshape and redesign” punishments outside prison. Shabana Mahmood, the Justice Secretary, who is carrying out a sentencing review, is drawing up plans for a major expansion of community punishments as an alternative to jail, in which judges use technology to create virtual “prisons...
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Danny Shaw |Charles Hymas
Whistleblowers says that treatment courses will be led by less qualified staff rather than specialist fully qualified probation officers Corbis via Getty Images The public could be put at risk as sex offenders will be treated by “under-qualified” probation officers under a shake-up, say whistleblowers. They have raised concerns over changes to treatment programmes that are used to rehabilitate offenders such as the disgraced former BBC presenter Huw Edwards who have accessed or in other cases...
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Charles Hymas |Danny Shaw
The scanners, which were part of a £100million Ministry of Justice programme, can detect contraband hidden inside the body Credit: Jon Super/PA A multi-million pound airport-style scanner security system to stem the flood of drugs in prisons has failed because of staff shortages, a Government review has found. The x-ray scanners, which cost £80,000 apiece and peer inside the human body to see hidden contraband, were part of a £100 million “security investment programme” (SIP) by the Ministry...
