All news on the topic: Ministry of Justice

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Ministers admit 4000 phones given to criminals on probation now 'lost or stolen'
Thousands of basic mobile phones were handed out during the pandemic to help keep track of those being supervised by the probation service, including prisoners temporarily released on licence to reduce overcrowding in prisons
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Payouts to prisoners cost taxpayers over £30million in six years
The Prison Officers’ Association has blamed the huge compensation bill on the Tory failure to tackle the jail staffing crisis, with inmates not getting the entitlements required by law
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Mum who adopted amputee boy Tony Hudgell furious as one of his torturers freed
Paula Hudgell said 'our justice system is so weak' after Tony Hudgell's birth mum Jody Simpson won a High Court battle to be released after serving six years of a 10-year term
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Britain's biggest prison 'set to be built near Jamie Oliver's £6m mansion'
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver faces having two 'mega jails' built near his picturesque home in Essex - and locals are up in arms about it
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Paedo who tortured and starved children with partner found dead in prison cell
Andrew Hadwin died at HMP Durham prison yesterday, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed, as he awaited sentencing at Teesside Crown Court after being convicted of child neglect and rape
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Rishi Sunak blasted for Tory 'addiction to sleaze' and being 'weak' over Raab
In a heated PMQs exchange, the PM was branded "pathetic" and branded "too weak" to stand up to his deputy Dominic Raab, who faces multiple allegations of bullying
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Rishi Sunak must suspend Dominic Raab during bullying inquiry says union chief
Deputy PM Dominic Raab is being investigated over eight complaints during his time at the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign Office and the former Brexit department, which are said to involve at least 24 staff. He denies accusations of bullying
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1 in 10 Ministry of Justice staff have 'experienced bullying or harassment'
According to the annual Civil Service People Survey 11% of MoJ staff warned that they had experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination - significantly higher than an average across the Civil Service of 7%
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Freed prisoner begs for permission to go back to prison to finish drama course
A convict released from prison asked for special permission to go back inside HMP Channing Wood so that he could take part in an end-of-course theatre production
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Should Dominic Raab resign over bullying allegations? Vote in our poll
At least 24 civil servants have made bullying claims against Dominic Raab - but do you think the deputy PM should resign?
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Dozens of civil servants involved in bullying complaints against Dominic Raab
Claims against the Deputy Prime Minister include people being physically sick before meetings, regularly being in tears and being left feeling suicidal due to his behaviour
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'Tory justice on the cheap sees 600 murdered in decade by crooks on probation'
That shocking toll, plus figures revealing more than 500 other serious offences a year are committed by those on probation, is evidence of a lawlessness and disorder crisis
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Deadly failings with one person killed every six days by criminal on probation
Every six days someone is killed by an offender on probation and criminals on licence killed a total of 599 people in the last decade- our criminal justice system is in crisis, so when will the Government address these deadly failings?
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Dad held in jail for almost three years despite being cleared of GBH charges
Ishuba Salmon's fight for freedom has sparked a campaign and petition, and has reignited the debate surrounding imprisonment for public protection sentences
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Parents of teen killed by drink driver blast justice shambles after 'no support'
Paul and Nicky Johnson’s 17-year-old daughter Phoebe was killed when a car being driven by her friend, Melissa Keilloh, crashed on the A514 near Derby in October 2021
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Surge in sex offence trials abandoned on day they're due to start, study shows
Trials are being rescheduled due to a lack of prosecutors being available - as latest figures reveal outstanding cases in the Crown Courts are the highest on record
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James Bulger's mum 'was suffocated by hatred but now can think of him as person'
Despite not returning to The Strand mall in Bootle for almost 30 years, Denise believes she can now remember him again without his memory being suffocated by her hatred for his twisted killers
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Youth jail where kids carry knives has highest staff sickness rates in England
MoJ Figures show 18.5% of officers were off sick on September 20 in one youth jail where youth inmates carry weapons because they say staff can't keep them safe
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Inmates record rap video inside UK prison - and officers are nowhere to be seen
The professionally produced music video shows two Forest Bank prisoners mouthing the words to their rap in their cells and on the wing, with officers nowhere to be seen
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Dominic Raab's department blows £320,000 on PR advisers
The Ministry of Justice, which is led by the Deputy Prime Minister, has brought in marketing experts from outside Whitehall. The MOJ insisted it was ‘a contract for advertising prison officer jobs'
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Prisons seize 500 illegal home brew kits as more lags make hooch in their cells
Lags ferment hooch in buckets and bottles using fruit, water, sugar and bread. The drink can be stronger than wine and has led to riots in prisons around the country