Government admits it mistakenly included a law that threatens to jail for life anyone who has called for the abolition of the monarchy on a list of recently repealed offences John Hall Friday, 13 December 2013 The government has confirmed… Read More ›
Justice ministry
Prisons now over 99 per cent full – official ( U.K. )
Prisons in England and Wales are virtually full, official figures show. Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said: ‘Cramming ever greater numbers of people into overcrowded prisons with fewer staff and less time out of cell is no… Read More ›
Armed Forces on stand-by to man prisons in case of strike
British service personnel are on standby to step in for prison and probation officers amid fears of an illegal strike by trade unions over the privatisation of prisons, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said last… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 