The Guardian Europe
The UK's electronic tagging system is about as reliable as a chocolate teapot, and the government is still planning to release thousands of prisoners into its loving arms.
The Guardian
Axel Rudakubana, the Southport killer, gets a hospital upgrade from prison, because apparently murdering three kids and a ricin hobby qualifies you for taxpayer-funded therapy.
The Guardian
Probation officers in England and Wales are overworked to the point of putting the public at risk, the union says, as the government prepares to tag thousands more ex-offenders.
The Guardian
UK prison report details overcrowding, vermin, and violence, prompting reforms that feel less like solutions and more like rearranging deck chairs on a sinking ship.
BBC Politics
The UK government's new youth justice plan threatens parents with jail time for their kids' crimes, despite critics noting voluntary engagement works better. Because prison is famously great for family stability.
The Guardian
Umer Khalid, with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, claims Wormwood Scrubs forces him to crawl for meds - making a stray dog seem better off.
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