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Chris Grayling watches on during PMQs. The transport secretary fails either upwards or sideways.

Week in Review: A quick reminder that Chris Grayling is the worst person in a terrible government

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Police officers stand outside HMP Birmingham in December 2016 after a disturbance. A specialist riot squad known as the Tornado Team were deployed to quell the trouble. Copyright: PA.

How ministers left the prison system on its knees… and got away with it

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Prison crisis: Some lay the blame for current crisis at the feet of former justice secretary Chris Grayling

Court ruling wipes away the last remnants of Grayling’s MoJ legacy

Authoritarian period at department mostly wiped away as Grayling loses new court case

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"This is my second prison sentence and it has been tough"

A letter to the public from my prison: Here’s how to fix the crisis

Higher education can transform prisoners, it’s a way back into the light

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Trying to appeal to both sides of the Brexit divide, risks turning Labour into an irrelevance.

Week in review: Syria, Labour and the prison crisis

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Custody vans wait to move prisoners out of HMP Birmingham after Friday's disturbance

It’s time Theresa May showed some leadership on the prison crisis

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"Testing prisoners for drugs simply cannot keep up with the rate at which new psychoactive substances are being developed"

The Spice epidemic in jails is a product of government policy

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"There remains only one way to judge a prison's success. Count how many people leave and don't come back"

Truss’ big plans for prison reform have no substance behind them

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"Calls for her resignation are growing, and they will continue to grow unless some real leadership emerges"

We’re in the middle of a prison crisis but where is Liz Truss?

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"The cells are small, averaging six by eight feet, and built for single occupancy, but they often hold two or even three inmates"

Memo to the minister: If you care, this is what life is actually like in prison

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Legal highs: Easier to get than toiletries in Leicester prison

No basic necessities but plenty of legal highs: Another damning report on Britain’s prisons

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Cameron prison speech in full

Cameron prison reform speech in full

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Many prisoners fear their release date

Many prisoners fear their release date. It’s not what you’d think, is it?

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Previous justice secretary Chris Grayling insisted there was no prison crisis

Prison crisis revealed: Official stats show murder and assault at ten-year high

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Michael Gove: Facing demands for lower prisoner numbers

Prison inspector to Gove: You need to reduce prison numbers

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Gove is saying the right things for penal reformers - but can he survive a tabloid backlash?

Revolution at the MoJ: But how long until the tabloids take fright?

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Pentonville: Conditions deteriorated while Chris Grayling was denying there was a prison crisis

Pentonville: An imaginary disaster in an imaginary prison crisis

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Michael Gove: New justice secretary more cerebral than his predecessor

Comment: Gove’s intelligence will make him a very different justice secretary to Grayling

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Grayling will become leader of the House, while Gove takes the justice post

Finally: Grayling is gone – but can we trust his successor?

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