Labour warn of meltdown in the prisons system
Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan will today warn that the increase of violence, suicides and absconsions in Britain’s…
Justice
Grayling gives speech attacking Labour while his own department publish his failings
You know that a Cabinet Minister’s speech has no positive message when the Tory Press Office Twitter account…
Khan announces fundamental reform to youth criminal justice system
Today, Sadiq Khan the shadow justice secretary will announce that Labour would fundamentally reshape the criminal justice system…
Justice reforms have fundamentally reduced access to justice
A CJC report written by Professor John Peysner of the University of Lincoln, has confirmed predictions that the government’s ill-thought-through implementation of the…
Walk on, with hope in your heart
Today our thoughts are first and foremost with the families of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster. Today will be…
What shall we expect from Simon Hughes as a Minister? More pious lectures…
This week Simon Hughes MP set out his priorities in his new job as Justice Minister. In an…
Super Prisons: not that super
Yesterday saw the latest installment of the Secretary of State, Chris Grayling’s, criminal justice Jenga – this time,…
Choking off judicial review weakens the rights of all our citizens to hold governments to account
You know a Government is in trouble when it blames everyone and everything for their own woes. Under…
Thinking beyond incarceration – Justice and the mentally ill
By Sundar Thavapalasundaram In Britain today mental illness significantly increases one’s chances of imprisonment and impacts disproportionately on…
Labour’s Police and Crime Commissioners should take a broader view of “justice”
As election day for the Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) draws ever closer, it seems a good juncture…
