prison overcrowding
The UK Government must carry out long overdue reform of the teaching of Religious Education (RE) in England to meet the needs of modern society, says Humanists UK in response to another Ofsted review. In its deep-dive report into RE –  Deep and meaningful? – Ofsted found that the current curriculum often lacks ‘sufficient substance to… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has successfully supported a GP member with a series of investigations that followed a patient death. The GP was eventually exonerated, but not before responding to a complaint, claim, NHS England investigation and GMC investigation over a five-year period. The MDU is encouraging healthcare professionals to get support from colleagues… Read more »
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Justice secretary Jack Straw has called for a national conversation about the use of prison, after warning it will not be possible to build a way out of the prison crisis. In an interview with the Times, Mr Straw said the prison service needed to consider sending fewer people to jail and instead increase the… Read more »
Up to 1,200 criminals will be released early today to relieve the overcrowded prison system. The former lord chancellor Lord Falconer conceded earlier this month that the government would have to cut short some offenders’ sentences after the prison population reached a record 81,000. His successor Jack Straw confirmed today the scheme would continue for… Read more »
