40 h. ago Watch: Justice secretary update on prisons review as chemical castration considered for sex offenders

The justice secretary has said that many sentencing reforms aimed at easing prison overcrowding have been accepted by the government, including chemical castration for sex offenders.

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41 h. ago Chemical castration for paedophiles and other sex offenders will be piloted in 20 prisons and could be made mandatory, Justice Secretary announces

Shabana Mahmood announced the move in the Commons after a sentencing review found the measure was 'worthwhile' as a way to reduce reoffending.

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44 h. ago Exactly how chemical castration works and who would be forced to do it

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is exploring plans to make chemical castration mandatory for paedophiles and rapists under plans to curb sex offenders' vile urges

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45 h. ago Mandatory chemical castration 'considered' for paedophiles and rapists in UK

A voluntary scheme will see sex offenders chemically castrated in two regions in England, covering 20 prisons, as a first step to rolling out a potential mandatory programme nationwide

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46 h. ago Paedophiles to be 'castrated' in Government's new prison plan that could be mandatory

Sex offenders could be forced to undergo chemical castration in a bid to curb their sexual urges and prevent reoffending, under plans being considered by ministers

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47 h. ago Paedophiles, rapists and sex offenders could face chemical castration in 20 prisons

It's reported the Justice Secretary is considering the move

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51 h. ago Paedophiles and other sex criminals 'will be CASTRATED' under new Government plans

Now Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to be looking at plans to roll the treatment out across 20 prisons in England and Wales, ahead of a nationwide programme.

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54 h. ago Paedophiles and other sex criminals will be castrated in brutal new crackdown

Sources say Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood's anticipated new measure will help "protect the public" because there is said to be evidence in the US chemical castration dulls twisted sexual urges

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3 d. ago Legal bid over plans to use pepper spray in young offender institutions

Charity Howard League for Penal Reform has sent a letter before claim to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood urging her to withdraw the decision.

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4 d. ago Moment 'bubbly' prison governor arrested in flat after affair with drug lord unearthed

Kerri Pegg was confronted by cops at her flat in Orrell, near Wigan, where they found a tooth brush and Hugo Boss flip flops with the DNA of her crime boss lover

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5 d. ago ‘It’s a scandal’: Fury as inmates trapped on indefinite jail terms excluded from scheme to free up prison space

Exclusive: Seven in 10 recalled IPP prisoners have committed no further crime but are held for more than two years on average. Releasing them would free up a prison, but they have been left out of the government’s scheme to reduce the recall population

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5 d. ago Rose West's bizarre reaction when told serial killer husband Fred had died

A former prison governor has shared her belief that Rose West had immediately planned to pin hers and her husband's murders solely on Fred West when she was informed of his death

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5 d. ago ‘It’s a scandal’: Fury as prisoners trapped on indefinite jail terms excluded from scheme to free up jail space

Exclusive: Seven in ten recalled IPP prisoners have committed no further crime but are held for more than two years on average. Releasing them would free up a prison, but they have been left out of the government’s scheme to reduce the recall population

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6 d. ago Rose West's chilling reaction when told Fred was dead: 'glint in her eye said it all'

Rose West was told of her husband Fred's death by suicide in 1995 while she was awaiting trial for a string of murders - and her reaction was unnervingly calm, a former prison governor has revealed

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6 d. ago Kerri Pegg: Moment prison governor in relationship with ‘Jesse Pinkman’ drug gang boss arrested

Police bodycam footage shows the moment a prison governor who formed a relationship with a Liverpool drug gang boss was arrested at home.

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7 d. ago Prison chief jailed for nine years for relationship with 'Jesse Pinkman' crime boss

Kerri Pegg was described as a rising star in the Prison Service after quickly climbing the career ladder from graduate entrant to prison governor in just six years

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7 d. ago Prison governor jailed after taking £12k Mercedes from drug gang lover she let out early

Kerri Pegg, 42, swapped her Honda Jazz for a £12,000 Mercedes C class car, paid for by 34 kilos of amphetamines by Anthony Saunderson, a major organised crime boss, who is now serving 35 years behind bars.

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7 d. ago Moment prison governor is arrested by police as she's jailed for relationship with drug boss who she released early

This is the moment a 'rising star' prison governor was arrested by police for having a relationship with a drug boss, who she released early despite not having the authority to do so herself.  

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7 d. ago Prison governor who had relationship with drug boss she released early is jailed herself

Kerri Pegg, 42, from Up Holland in Lancashire, was convicted of misconduct in public office and possession of criminal property in a trial at Preston Crown Court on April 9.

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7 d. ago Downfall of corrupt former prison governor complete as she is jailed herself

Kerri Pegg was once a 'rising star' within the prison service

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