‘A black hole, CQC woes, prison crisis: Tories get taste of their own medicine’
Labour strategists will be pleased to have notched up yet more frontpage stories on multiple newspapers this morning…
Prisons
I was groomed into a gang – Labour’s “tough” on crime stance won’t work
90 minutes into what felt like the millionth Tory leadership hustings, Rishi Sunak uttered the words of a…
World Suicide Prevention Day: How Labour should approach prison suicide
Trigger warning: this piece discusses suicide. Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Since first being affected by suicide…
Planning to tackle violence against women? Let’s talk about our prisons
Labour has published its own green paper – a rare move from an opposition – with new measures…
Labour concerned by “very alarming” data on Covid rise among prisoners
Labour’s David Lammy has expressed concern over “very alarming” figures showing that the number of prisoners in England…
Labour warns government of “dangerous” Covid prison restrictions
David Lammy has warned of a “damaging” and “dangerous” situation in English prisons after the government has continued…
WATCH: Gove questioned by LabourList on early release scheme failures
LabourList editor Sienna Rodgers used a question at the daily coronavirus press conference today to press the government…
The shocking failures of the early release scheme cannot be overlooked
The spread of Covid-19 is creating remarkable challenges for our public services. Whilst the focus has understandably been…
Let’s invest in alternatives to prison that actually reduce reoffending
After a decade of Tory failures in our criminal justice system, driven by deep austerity, Boris Johnson this…
The immorality of Boris Johnson’s 10,000 new prison places pledge
It’s not so much a magic money tree but a whole orchard that Boris Johnson seems to have…
