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RT @Justiceprisons: Yet another review out today on the prison capacity crisis in England and Wales. Will it bring about a sustainable futu….

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RT @robroballen: Strange letter - in timing at least-from Justice Committee Chair @hammersmithandy to the Lord Chancellor voicing concern a….

Strange letter - in timing at least-from Justice Committee Chair @hammersmithandy to the Lord Chancellor voicing concern about recent & expected changes to prison recall. The recent ones are already law - Mr Slaughter voted in favour - and the expected ones arent yet published.

Lots of claims of brave new world of technology in justice last week. So why is it not possible to block drones flying contraband into prisons?.

RT @robroballen: Has the Sentencing Council over reacted to the law on guidelines and pre-sentence reports? I think so. .

RT @robroballen: Trained and experienced prison officers referred to police following unacceptable level of violence while searching at HM….

RT @Anne_MarieDay: Always a pleasure to talk about a topic close to my heart: ending child imprisonment in England and Wales. Listen here👇….

RT @russwebt: Ex abundanti cautela .@robroballen casts his forensic eye over the real world fall out from the political battle between the….

Has the Sentencing Council over reacted to the law on guidelines and pre-sentence reports? I think so.

Trained and experienced prison officers referred to police following unacceptable level of violence while searching at HMP/YOI Hindley. Startling disclosure from Independent Monitoring Board at the Wigan prison.

RT @robroballen: Watchdog: Level of violence used by some external officers brought in to search HMP Hindley “unacceptable to the Board a….

Watchdog: Level of violence used by some external officers brought in to search HMP Hindley “unacceptable to the Board and Governors, who have pursued the matter through the official complaints process, with some matters referred to the police”.Shocking .

RT @robroballen: Prison staff brought in to search cells used unacceptable violence. Hindley Governor has referrred the matter to the polic….

Prison staff brought in to search cells used unacceptable violence. Hindley Governor has referrred the matter to the police says @_Imbs_ .

Automatic 28 day fixed term recalls (FTR) for those serving under 4 years will save 1,400 prison places, says MoJ- needed to avoid "the total breakdown of law and order" .Presumably this'll be superseded by Gauke's tighter recall criteria & 56 day max idc.

RT @russwebt: Big problems at newly opened Secure School.I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. @robroballen charts difficult earl….

RT @robroballen: Looks like the new Secure School is facing the same problems that bedevil almost all hubristic attempts to "revolutionise"….

Looks like the new Secure School is facing the same problems that bedevil almost all hubristic attempts to "revolutionise" youth custody. Who'd have thunk it? .

We reflected on the technical and political aspects of the Gauke review and response to it .Will it stave off further prison capacity crises? Reduce sky high re-offending rates ? And halt competition to be toughest on crime? .Listen to find out!.