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MPs call for an overhaul of IPP jail sentences

MPs have called on the Government to overhaul outdated sentences for dangerous criminals after branding the regime “irredeemably flawed”. The Commons Justice Committee said all prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence ...

28 Sept 2022 at 01:01

MPs concerned over number of women in prison

MPs have criticised the Government’s lack of progress in cutting the number of women in prison amid fears this could rise by more than a third in the next three years. The Commons Justice Committee said there has not yet been “significant” change ...

26 Jul 2022 at 06:24

Scotland

MSPs warned of police officers burning out as mental health callouts soar

Scottish police officers are at risk of burnout as they struggle to cope with the soaring demand of mental health callouts, MSPs were told. Around 80% of yearly calls to the force are from vulnerable people making “last resort” emergency calls, ...

18 May 2022 at 15:25

Scotland

Majority of responders to Holyrood committee opposed to gender law reform

Controversial proposals to reform the process by which transgender people are legally recognised in their preferred gender are opposed by most of the people who responded to a Holyrood committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human ...

23 May 2022 at 21:19

Scotland

Apology needed for Gypsy Traveller communities for historic injustice – activist

The Gypsy Traveller community in Scotland deserves an apology from the Scottish Government for historic injustices, an activist has said. Davie Donaldson, a Scottish Traveller and campaigner, told MSPs on Tuesday that the Scottish ...

22 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Committee launches consultation on gender reform Bill

A Holyrood committee has launched a consultation on controversial gender reform legislation. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was introduced earlier this month, and will shorten the existing time period a trans ...

21 Mar 2022 at 10:55

Scotland

Eight life prisoners temporarily released had wrong risk score, minister says

Eight offenders sentenced to life in prison who were allowed temporary release had the wrong risk assessment score after a computer glitch, the Justice Secretary has said. Keith Brown told Holyrood last week that a ...

09 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

‘Apology needed for Gypsy Traveller communities for historical injustice’

The Gypsy Traveller community in Scotland deserves an apology from the Scottish Government for historical injustices, an activist has said. Davie Donaldson, a Scottish Traveller and campaigner, told MSPs on ...

22 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Scotland

Mental health absences among Police Scotland officers ‘up by 22% in five years’

Police officers in Scotland are at risk of “burnout” as the number of days off due to mental illness has soared by 22% in the last five years, figures show. Police officers and staff missed 76,848 working ...

07 Jun 2022 at 01:01

‘Enormous amount of public money’ spent exiting youth jail contract – minister

Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money was spent for “nothing in return” because of “loopholes” in the contract for a privately run youth jail shut down over serious safety concerns, MPs have heard. ...

25 May 2022 at 17:30

Scotland

Discourse around GRA ‘reminiscent’ of treatment of gay men, says charity

Discourse around proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act in Scotland is reminiscent of the treatment of gay men in decades past, the director of an LGBT charity has said. In the first public ...

17 May 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Substantial changes required on proposals to restrict firework sales, say MSPs

“Substantial changes” are needed to legislation which aims to restrict the sale of fireworks, a parliamentary committee has said. The Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee has backed ...

28 Apr 2022 at 15:25

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