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The government had planned for an extra 20,000 prison places, but beset by planning law difficulties and other obstacles, so far, only around 5,500 of those places have been delivered.

Some people may be physically unable to use the current evidential breath analysis machines, relied upon by police to gather proof of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, new research from the University of Sheffield indicates.

Outcoing Chief Inspector calls for an independent review of the Probation Service.

Rule of Law is under "grave threat" says published a landmark report by cross-party legal reform charity, JUSTICE.

The law will be changed to ensure all officers must be appropriately vetted during their service and to enable officers who fail a re-vetting test whilst in post to be sacked.

A United Nations torture expert called on the UK Government to begin an urgent review of sentences imposed on prisoners held indefinitely under the widely discredited and now abandoned Imprisonment for Public Protection system.

Government plans to "ban" machetes and zombie knives.

Nitrous Oxide - Government acts to make possession illegal.

A new offence of strangling/suffocation came into force on 7 June 2022, read out article for details

Whole Life Order - What the Court must consider.