1 hour ago Peter Sullivan was wrongly jailed for 38 years – and it’s not a bizarre one

The case is a reminder that there are still people in prison who were jailed based on false confessions, Brian Thornton writes

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2 h. ago Bungling Treasury minister wrongly claims domestic abusers and sexual offenders will be excluded from prison early release scheme

UK Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is introducing a standard 28-day 'recall' period for released inmates who are locked up again for breaking the rules.

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3 h. ago Recalled sex offenders and domestic abusers face early release as prisons near ‘zero capacity’

The victim’s commissioner says the emergency measures are ‘unacceptable’ — but the government has warned the UK is months away from running out of prison spaces

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6 h. ago Some prisoners to be released after 28 days in bid to cut overcrowding

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced new priosn rules as the country approaches 'zero capacity'

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7 h. ago More inmates to be released early to cut prison overcrowding as jails set to be full by November

Three new prisons will be built and new recall measures will be introduced in a bid to manage the jail population

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16 h. ago More inmates to be released early under measures to cut prison overcrowding as jails set to be full by November

Three new prisons will be built and new recall measures will be introduced in a bid to manage the jail population

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17 h. ago The justice secretary has no good choices – but releasing IPP prisoners should be one

Editorial: Shabana Mahmood’s response is pragmatic but overlooks one group of prisoners whose sentences should be reviewed

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18 h. ago New emergency measures to cut prison overcrowding as Government warns jails to be full in five months

Three new prisons will be built and new recall measures will be introduced in a bid to manage the jail population

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19 h. ago More emergency measures to cut jail overcrowding before ‘zero capacity’ reached

Legislation to bring in the changes is expected to be introduced in the coming weeks.

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21 h. ago Recalled prisoners to be released after 28 days under emergency measures to free up 1400 cells

The justice secretary warned we are five months from running out of prison places - which risks the ‘total breakdown of law and order’

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26 h. ago Prisoners to earn freedom after serving third of sentence under new plans

Offenders in England and Wales to have sentences cut for good behaviour and completion of work, training or education tasksPrisoners will be able to earn their freedom after serving a third of their sentences under new minimum and maximum sentence plans released by the government to tackle the overcrowding in jails.Offenders in England and Wales will be able to earn early release if they complete work, training or education assignments and demonstrate good behaviour. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Prisoners in England and Wales to earn early release under new plans

Sentences to be reduced by third for good behaviour and if work, training or education assignments completedPrisoners will be able to earn their freedom after serving a third of their sentences under new minimum and maximum sentence plans released by the government to tackle the overcrowding in jails.Offenders in England and Wales will be able to earn early release if they complete work, training or education assignments and demonstrate good behaviour before being freed. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Lawyers will support any compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Peter Sullivan was released from prison yesterday after protesting his innocence for decades.

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29 h. ago Bid to increase height of turbines at two Dumfries and Galloway windfarms

Energiekontor lodged its bid to change the Fell Hill scheme just days after being granted an extension to existing planning permission.

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30 h. ago Will the Menendez brothers be released from prison after their resentencing?

Erik and Lyle Menendez, notorious for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, have been granted their first opportunity for freedom in decades.

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3 d. ago Burglar, 27, murdered pensioner, 69, in own home days after release from prison in cocaine

Owen Blades, 27, stabbed retired carer John Connolly with a knife he bought just a day after leaving jail.

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3 d. ago Israel vows NO ceasefire or Palestinian prisoner release in return for US hostage being freed as Netanyahu warns fighting will be 'intensified' in Gaza

The militant group said it would release Edan Alexander, a US-Israeli soldier held in Gaza, later today as it engages in direct ceasefire talks with Washington.

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3 d. ago US and China agree deal to slash tariffs for 90 days in bid to end massive trade war

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says reciprocal tariffs will come down over 100 percentage points to 10%

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3 d. ago 'I was in trouble on just £90 a week after being released by the Glazers at Man Utd'

ON THIS DAY: The Glazer family launched a formal bid to take control of the majority of Manchester United's assets, beginning a controversial 20-year ownership of the Red Devils

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3 d. ago David Beckham makes another bid to fix family feud with Brooklyn as he includes son in a post to celebrate Mother's Day in the U.S

The former pro footballer, who turned 50 on May 2, was disappointed when his eldest son his wife Nicola Peltz, 29, failed to turn up to any of his birthday celebrations.

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