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The Public Accounts Committee has published a report that raises concerns in relation to the level of support given to prisoners on their release

A former Lord Chief Justice explained the reason for reducing the sentence which would otherwise have been imposed on an offender to reflect the fact that he has provided information and assistance to the police.

A prisoner with an earliest release date in August 2027 made an application to the Prison Service in relation to participation in fertility treatment.

Serious Violence Reduction Orders - Do they work?

New Reasearch shows that police often lose vital case evidence

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 has received Royal Assent

On 28th October 2023 provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into effect, enacting changes to the laws in relation to the rehabilitation of offenders.

Incidents were reported at 1,516 football matches in the 2022 to 2023 football season (50% of a total 3,024 matches). The number of matches with reported incidents decreased by 6% (-93 matches) compared with 1,609 matches in the 2021 to 2022 season.

Sentencing guidelines exist to guide a court when deciding on the appropriate punishment for most drug-related offences. The guidelines reference the most common drugs, such as cocaine and cannabis, but do not expressly cover drugs which are less commonly found in this type of offending. One such drug is morphine.

There is an exemption in firearms law (section 11(4) of the Firearms Act 1968) which allows a person to run a rifle range or shooting gallery where only small calibre rifles or air weapons are used without the need for a firearms licence.

At the end of October, the Court published its full judgment, and this now allows us to explore the reasoning. Earlier case law from the Court of Appeal, in particular, R v Catt [2013] EWCA Crim 1187, suggested that the original sentence was very much to be expected.

More than 100,000 children have a parent in prison for the first time since records began