In a new effort to rebalance the public finances, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that prisoners reaching the end of their sentence in UK jails will no longer be released straight onto the streets, but will instead leave prison through a new HM Prisons Gift Shop.
Posted: Jul 2nd, 2012
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Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced that plans to reduce prison sentences by up to 50% will be abandoned in favour of a new system of HMP Nectar points.
Posted: Jun 9th, 2011
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‘In this day and age you just don’t expect to find a ruddy great tunnel running from the back of the showers to the newsagents across the street, do you?’
Posted: Nov 7th, 2010
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Following the landmark decision to give prisoners the vote, representatives of the prison community are now demanding their own members of parliament.
Posted: Nov 3rd, 2010
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A gangland killer who ‘found’ L Ron Hubbard and believed he’d seen the light has had his hopes of an early release from prison dashed.
Posted: Oct 27th, 2010
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