Ministry of Justice

More than a quarter of victims of serious crimes are waiting a year or more for their case to be heard in the crown court, the official spending watchdog has found. More than 6,500 cases have been waiting two or more years as the Tories…

Prisoners are being held in “inhumane” conditions as jails spiral out of control with high levels of drugs, violence and suicide, an official annual report has warned.A scathing independent review catalogues a “tremendous strain” on the…

Some court hearings will be delayed under emergency measures to cope with a lack of prison cells. People who are arrested may be forced to remain in police cells instead of attending their bail hearings in parts of England due to…

Victims of home violence will probably be put in danger by the choice to launch prisoners as much as two months early, it has been warned.Ministers have introduced the emergency measure because the nation runs out of spare jail cells. But…

Almost 50 unions, charities and authorized teams be a part of forces as we speak to sentence Tory plans to resurrect charges for employees searching for to sue unhealthy bosses.The joint assertion comes after ministers kick-started a…

Bed bugs have been present in a constructing in London as sniffer canines are drafted in to seek for infestations.Government places of work in Canary Wharf might be evacuated in a single day as officers attempt to eliminate the bugs. It…

Lawyers have gained a bitter authorized battle with the Government over funding for the "terminally broken" prison justice system. Judges mentioned the authorized help system “is slowly coming apart at the seams” because it criticised…

Shoplifters would be the most definitely to keep away from time behind bars below Government plans to sort out overcrowding in prisons, figures reveal in the present day. Ahead of the Boxing Day gross sales, evaluation exhibits multiple in…

A violent and abusive woman who left her husband living in fear and trapped in their marriage for 20 years has been jailed. Sheree Spencer punched, kicked, slapped and bit her husband during persistent “nasty” attacks, a court…

Tens of prisoners have been let out without tags due to IT blunders, a report reveals today. Some 35 criminals should have been fitted with tags but were left to roam free in September last year. System failures impacted approximately…