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‘Unfathomable’ that Scotland’s remand rates are so high, MSPs told

It is “unfathomable” that Scotland’s remand prisoner rates are so high compared to England and Wales, MSPs have been told. Emma Jardine of Howard League Scotland said the rates of remand prisoners in Scotland had risen sharply during the pandemic. ...

23 Feb 2022 at 14:55

Government sets target for 14,000 prison cell spaces by 2031

The Government has said it will build four new prisons within the next seven years in a bid to grip the overcrowding crisis. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) promised to find a total of 14,000 cell spaces in jails by 2031. Some 6,400 of these will ...

11 Dec 2024 at 05:03

Scotland

We must stop sending more people to jail – what Justice Secretary told meeting

Scotland needs to stop sending so many people to prison, the Justice Secretary told campaigners last year, it has emerged. Minutes of a meeting between Angela Constance and the Howard League – a leading prison reform organisation – in August ...

21 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Legal bid over plans to use pepper spray in young offender institutions

The Government is being threatened with legal action over plans to allow prison officers to use synthetic pepper spray in young offender institutions. Charity Howard League for Penal Reform has sent a letter before claim to Justice ...

20 May 2025 at 15:29

Chemical castration of sex offenders to be piloted in 20 prisons, says Mahmood

A total of 20 prisons are to pilot the chemical castration of sex offenders, the Justice Secretary has said. The Government is exploring whether to enforce the chemical castration on offenders as mandatory, Shabana Mahmood told ...

22 May 2025 at 17:42

Prison plans could cost ‘extra £4bn and be short of 12,400 cell spaces by 2027’

Government plans to boost prison capacity could fall short by thousands of cell spaces within two years and cost the taxpayer billions of pounds more than anticipated, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has warned. The National ...

04 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Political drive to look ‘tough on crime’ behind prison capacity crisis – report

The rising prison population has been driven by successive government efforts to look “tough on crime”, with sentencing reform too often focusing only on punishment, analysis suggests. A report by the Independent ...

18 Feb 2025 at 17:49

Prison deaths hit highest 12-month total this century, figures show

The number of people dying in prisons in England and Wales has reached its highest total for a 12-month period this century, figures show. There were 411 deaths recorded in the year to September, up 30% from 317 ...

30 Oct 2025 at 16:19

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