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Big drop in drug-soaked prison mail after jails start photocopying letters

The amount of drug-soaked mail being sent to Scottish prisons fell by almost three-quarters since a new policy of photocopying prisoners’ letters was introduced. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) said there had been a reduction of about 72% in ...

23 Feb 2022 at 15:25

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 days in 2021/22 as a result of ...

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. Prisons minister Victoria Atkins ...

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 evidence session on the ...

17 May 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Criminal justice social work system must be improved, says minister

Improvements need to be made in the criminal justice social work system in order to ensure it is better linked up, a minister has said. Kevin Stewart, the Social Care Minister, said no decision has yet been made on ...

21 Dec 2022 at 11:32

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MPs have called on the Government to overhaul outdated sentences for dangerous criminals after branding the regime “irredeemably flawed”.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 ...

28 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland

20,000 deprivation of liberty authorisations in four years, MLAs are told

Twenty thousand people have been subject to deprivation of liberty authorisations to protect their health in the past four years, MLAs have been told. Northern Ireland’s Attorney General Dame Brenda King, who ...

11 Apr 2024 at 17:22

Scotland

Helena Kennedy: Gender Bill should not impact on new laws against misogyny

The introduction of new legislation to criminalise misogyny should not be impacted by the Scottish Government’s attempts to reform the Gender Recognition Act, a lawyer has said. Baroness Helena Kennedy QC ...

27 Apr 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Holyrood committee split on ‘controversial’ plan for juryless rape trials

Proposals that could see people accused of rape put on trial before a judge but with no jury have split a Holyrood committee. With members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association already threatening ...

29 Mar 2024 at 09:30

Scotland

No cases of men charged with rape being recorded by police as female, MSPs told

Police Scotland has insisted there are no cases of men who have been charged with rape being recorded as female by the force. In a letter to Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee, Deputy Chief ...

25 Sept 2024 at 13:37

Scotland

Warning of three-year waits for trials without extra cash for Scotland’s courts

Failing to increase the cash available to Scotland’s courts could lead to waits of more than three years for the most serious cases to come to trial, MSPs have been warned. Malcolm Graham, ...

06 Nov 2024 at 18:01

South Donegal

Donegal Town auctioneer Keith Anderson presents at Dáil Éireann

Keith Anderson of Anderson Auctioneers, Donegal Town, was at Dáil Éireann on Tuesday presenting to the Justice Committee on the Seller’s Legal Pack for Property Buyers’ Bill 2021. Mr ...

03 Jul 2024 at 12:33

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