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Sunak faces pressure over probation failings in Zara Aleena murder

The Prime Minister has faced questions about whether the Government has “blood on their hands” over failings in the Probation Service which contributed to the death of Zara Aleena. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer pressed Rishi Sunak about whether he ...

25 Jan 2023 at 14:00

Winchester prison needs ‘urgent improvement’, watchdog warns

A watchdog has called for Winchester prison to be put into emergency measures after finding it was so dilapidated an inmate could remove his own cell door. Prison inspectors wrote to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to issue an urgent ...

24 Oct 2024 at 13:28

Mother of Baby P back in jail after licence conditions breach

The mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, is back behind bars two years after being freed from jail. Tracey Connelly was recalled to prison for a second time after breaching her licence conditions, in a move authorised by ...

03 Sept 2024 at 18:29

Zara Aleena’s killer in Court of Appeal bid to reduce prison sentence

A sexual predator who stalked and murdered Zara Aleena is set to challenge his sentence at the Court of Appeal. Jordan McSweeney targeted at least five women before he turned his attention to 35-year-old Ms Aleena as she walked home ...

20 Oct 2023 at 02:45

Alleged data breaches into Nottingham triple killer case ‘an utter disgrace’

Alleged data breaches by government agency staff into triple killer Valdo Calocane’s case have been branded “an utter disgrace” by the mother of one of the attacker’s victims. University students Barnaby Webber and Grace ...

21 Dec 2024 at 15:57

Watchdog finds serious probation failings over Zara Aleena’s killer

Failings by probation officers left a sexual predator “free” to stalk and kill law graduate Zara Aleena just days after he was released from jail, according to a watchdog. In a damning report, chief inspector of ...

24 Jan 2023 at 09:53

Huge changes being made to prevent another ‘tragic incident’ – probation chief

The chief probation officer for England and Wales says the service was facing “significant” challenges when it was dealing with violent offender Damien Bendall, who went on to kill four people, but says major ...

18 Oct 2023 at 18:03

Justice Secretary backs urgent changes in wake of alleged prison escape

Prison staff and justice officials have been told to make urgent changes in the wake of an alleged escape. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk told MPs a probe he ordered into the alleged escape of prisoner Daniel ...

08 Jan 2024 at 15:27

Inspectors urge independent review into ‘struggling’ Probation Service

An independent review should be carried out into the “struggling” Probation Service as it faces “chronic staff shortages”, “unmanageable workloads” and is “consistently weak” in protecting the public, ...

19 Sept 2023 at 00:01

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Manager who transitioned in mid-20s no longer sees ‘stranger in the mirror’ and praises inclusivity of Probation Service

An equality manager who transitioned from female to male in his mid-20s after struggling with anxiety, depression and feelings of “detachment” has said he no longer sees a “stranger looking back at ...

21 Apr 2023 at 07:00

‘Worrying weaknesses’ at 19th century fortress jail holding Gary Glitter

A prison holding Gary Glitter and hundreds of other sex offenders is failing to challenge their criminal behaviour, a watchdog warned. Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said there were ...

14 Oct 2024 at 19:29

Zara Aleena reports shows ‘women and girls are not safe’, says victim’s aunt

The aunt of murdered law graduate Zara Aleena has warned that “women and girls are not safe” following the release of a report into the probation failings which led to her niece’s death. ...

24 Jan 2023 at 14:41

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