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Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood unveils plan to shut women’s prisons amid overcrowding crisis

‘Around two-thirds did not commit a violent crime yet are sent to prisons desperate for places’

The Independent UK

A rushed UK law is no way to make such a vital, painful decision as how to die

An over-simple bill on a complex matter like assisted dying will fail to protect those who are most at risk

The Guardian - UK

British MPs and international organisations hacked on X

World Health Organization and Great British Menu among accounts that posted ‘this is a hacked account’

The Guardian - UK

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Assisted dying vote may come soon as No 10 says it would not stop bill

Opinion heavily split across parties over legalising support for terminally ill people to end their lives

The Guardian - UK

The early release of prisoners was unavoidable, but too many women in the UK are now living in fear

Despite government assurances on the release of prisoners across England and Wales, the coming days will be filled with a familiar dread for some survivors of domestic violence, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

1700 UK Domestic Abuse And High-Risk Criminals Go Free Today Under Labour Govt's. Early Release Scheme

More than 1,700 prisoners are being let out early in England and Wales today as part of a government scheme to deal with overcrowding

International Business Times UK

Police ‘left to deal with fallout’ of poorly planned early release of 1,700 prisoners

Police association chief says criminals potentially being freed in England and Wales without proper rehabilitation plans

The Guardian - UK

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Probation officers brace for ‘ticking time bomb’ as 1,700 prisoners freed early

Police chiefs warn officers have been plunged into ‘storm’ not of their making

The Independent UK

When is the Winter Fuel Payment vote and how can you watch it?

ON Tuesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer will put their cut to the Winter Fuel Payment to a vote ...

The National (Scotland)

Prison population hits record high as ‘half-baked and unworkable’ plan to send convicts to Estonia slammed

Dame Angela Eagle, the Home Office minister, refused to deny reports that some inmates could serve their sentences in the eastern European country, and admitted there were too few places in UK prisons

The Independent UK

Some probation officers given a week’s notice of serious offenders’ release, union says

Exclusive: Napo says officers do not feel protected as 2,000 offenders to be let out early to try to ease prison crisis

The Guardian - UK

British prisoners could be sent to Estonian jails in bid to ease overcrowding

Estonia’s justice minister says a partnership with the UK would ‘create further opportunities’ for both countries

The Independent UK

First legally binding international treaty on AI to be signed by US, Britain and Brussels

Britain, Europe and America join forces to sign an legally binding international treaty to protect citizens from AI.

TechRadar

Labour eager for progress on special tribunal to try Russia over Ukraine

Exclusive: Lord chancellor says she wants to ‘inject energy’ into stalling efforts to set up Nuremberg-style trial

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MoJ plan to free up prison spaces set to fail ‘because cells being filled by rioters’

Prison governors’ leader urges ministers to consider further measures to cut jail population or build new cells

The Guardian - UK

Prison early release scheme to include some serious offenders, MoJ admits

Prisoners serving time for lesser crime following serious one will be eligible under plan to free up jail space, officials confirm

The Guardian - UK

Prison population hits record high in England and Wales

Jail sentences handed to participants in recent riots thought to have exacerbated overcrowding

Al Jazeera

Why have England and Wales nearly run out of prison spaces?

Fewer than 100 spaces remain in men’s prisons, reports say, and magistrates have been told to delay hearings.

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The Independent UK

UN torture tsar calls on Starmer to review sentences of IPP prisoners trapped indefinitely behind bars

Dr Alice Jill Edwards says cases raised by The Independent highlight need for ‘urgent’ action to end ‘terrible indictment’ on UK justice system

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Prisons were full and the criminal justice system in crisis long before the riots

The move to jail swiftly those who took part in riots this month played a vital part in ending the violence. Yet it also had the unavoidable effect of adding further strain to this country’s overcrowded prisons and under-pressure criminal justice system.

The Independent UK

Former prisons chief calls for rethink on jail expansion plan

Former chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick has questioned if spending money on new jails is the right measure to end the justice system crisis

The Guardian - UK

Archbishop of Canterbury warns Christians against membership of far-right groups

Justin Welby condemns violent disorder of recent days as ‘unchristian’

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister insists rioters won’t be released early despite prison overcrowding

Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned the impact of the violent scenes will be felt in the criminal justice system ‘for months and years’

The Independent UK

Minister warns justice system will feel impact of riots for years as offenders risk up to a decade in jail

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the violence had made the job of dealing with issues including a massive backlog in court cases and overcrowding in prisons harder

Evening Standard

Impact of the riots will be felt 'for years to come', minister warns

Shabana Mahmood warned that the riots will set back Labour’s plans to fix the criminal justice system.

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