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Prison
The growing problem of prisoners with dementia

Just how important it is for prisons to start to respond to the needs of older prisoners is illustrated by two very sad and shocking case studies, one of which tells of a man dying of dementia who was kept in restraints in a public hospital.

On Probation
Probation reoffending rates fall

Latest (July 2016) official MoJ reoffending statistics show drop in reoffending rates for those supervised by probation service.

Prison
Tackling extremism in prisons

Acheson report on Islamic extremism in prisons recommends holding extremists in specialist units, crackdown on literature & tightened vetting of chaplains.

On Probation
Latest prison/probation staffing news

The number of prison officers fell by over 2000 last year while there are slightly more probation officers in the National Probation Service.

Featured
Who’s in prison?

Snapshot breakdown of current England and Wales prison population by age, gender, type of offence and length of sentence in MoJ infographic.

Prison
Tackling mobile phones in prison

New measures, introduced through the Serious Crime Act, mean prison governors can require telephone companies to disconnect prisoners’ mobile phones.

Commissioning
Devolution and multiple needs

New report from MEAM argues that devolution is a great opportunity to improve the co-ordination and impact of services for people with mutliple needs.

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