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Environmental health officials are called to Forest Bank prison as it is 'infested with rats'

One former inmate says fellow lags were given free Dominos pizza to clean the kitchen while other prisoners made 'rodent excluders' from socks and loo roll to keep unwelcome visitors at bay

Manchester Evening News · Jun 21, 2022

Court support service under threat as Ministry of Justice pulls funding

Exclusive: Support Through Court, which helps people unable to afford lawyers, warns of ‘devastating impact’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

Inquiry urged into ‘parental alienation’ court experts

Lawyers and MPs in England and Wales express concern over ‘unregulated’ psychologists who play key role in disputes over domestic abuse

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

Ukraine: UK justice ministry offers more support for ICC war crimes investigation

Dominic Raab to unveil new raft of measures, which include providing court with a specialist legal and police team

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

Disappearances bill nears final vote

A recent seminar on May 24 hosted by the Ministry of Justice together with international organisations highlighted various stepping stones in the struggle against torture and enforced disappearances in Thailand. There was detailed discussion of the draft national law on the issue. There was also analysis of Thailand's most recent…

Bangkok Post · Jun 5, 2022

Forest Bank Prison is damned by inspectors despite beefing up security and major refurbishment

"Leaders show limited ambition to improve situation"

Manchester Evening News · May 31, 2022

‘We have been mistreated’: cousin of Whitehall cleaner who died speaks out

Vincente Gomes is a cousin and former colleague of Emanuel Gomes, who died after going into work with a fever

The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022

BBC confronts Tory over government cleaner who died after Partygate 'disrespect'

Emanuel Gomes, a cleaner at the Ministry of Justice, died in April 2020 after suffering suspected Covid symptoms. Boris Johnson's Chief of Staff Steve Barclay was asked how his family would feel

Daily Mirror · May 26, 2022

Ministry of Justice buys £111m office block in City for new Central London tribunal centre

An office block next to the famous Old Bailey courthouse has been bought by the government to house a new tribunal centre in the heart of London’s legal district.

Evening Standard · May 25, 2022

Hairdresser still hasn’t paid £8,436 lockdown fines handed out nine months ago

Sinead Quinn was given 28 days to pay but more than 280 days later the fine remains unpaid.

Daily Record · May 24, 2022