Taxpayer face £100million bill for 'unusable' prison as MPs brand MoJ's handling of the affair a 'catastrophic failure' and an 'absolute disgrace' ⊖⊖
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The taxpayer is shelling out £4million a year to lease Dartmoor prison from the Duchy of Cornwall even though the building is uninhabitable due to contamination by radon gas.
86 days ago
Women’s prisons report finds 97 deaths in decade as self-harm hits record high ○
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Charity director warns ‘more deaths will follow’ unless government changes tack and closes women’s prisons
Over the past decade 97 women have died in prisons in England and Wales, as incidents of self…
3 months ago
David Lammy mocked for 'ordering civil servants' at the Ministry of Justice to call him 'Deputy Prime Minister' ⊕
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Mr Lammy, whose other main job is Justice Secretary, allegedly orders Ministry of Justice (MoJ) staff to use his 'DPM' title first. Sources close to Mr Lammy denied the claim.
4 months ago
MoJ owes us £20m after contractor collapse, say suppliers ⊖
Suppliers say millions are owed despite the government promising to use protected accounts.
6 months ago
Attacks on prison officers and inmate deaths at record levels in England and Wales ○
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MoJ figures show 10,568 assaults on staff in the last year, while number of people dying in jail rose by almost a third
Attacks on prison officers and the number of inmate deaths in England and Wales …
8 months ago
Most dangerous criminals in the UK being given pets behind bars, including budgies and tortoises ○
Three high security prisons have gifted animals (pictured, file photo) to inmates as a reward for good behaviour, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) confirmed.
9 months ago
Hackers steal 'significant amount of personal data' from Ministry of Justice in brazen cyber-attack ○
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The personal data of people who applied to the Legal Aid Agency since 2010, including criminal records, was accessed and downloaded in a cyber attack in April this year, the MoJ has said.
Private data including criminal records stolen in Legal Aid hack ○
MoJ says data includes addresses, national ID numbers, criminal histories and financial details dating to 2010.
10 months ago
Ministry of Justice says probation officers must consider the 'trauma' of ethnic minority criminals before they are sentenced ○
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it is 'vital' pre-sentence assessments produced for judges by probation officers consider if non-white offenders have suffered 'trauma' from racism or discriminatio…
Shorter family court hearings 'encouraging', says minister ○
The MoJ says a pilot scheme in some courts has reduced the average duration of cases from 29 weeks to 18.