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News Archives: Index

October 7, 2010: Probation Set For Industrial Action

October 5, 2010: Turning Prisoners Into Taxpayers

October 4, 2010: Murder Changes Now In Force

September 20, 2010: Probation Programmes Face Cuts

August 24, 2010: Victorian Poor Law Records Online

August 10, 2010: Justice Job Cuts

July 28, 2010: Prison Violence Growing

July 22, 2010: Police Numbers: Latest Figures

July 22, 2010: New Jurisdiction Rules

July 16, 2010: CCJS On Prison And Probation Spending Under Labour

July 15, 2010: Latest Statistics On Violent And Sexual Crime

July 15, 2010: Latest National Crime Figures

July 15, 2010: New Chief Prisons Inspector

July 14, 2010: Hard Times Ahead For Prisons: Anne Owers

July 14, 2010: Prison Does Not Work: Ken Clarke

July 13, 2010: Criminal Justice Reform: Sentencing and Rehabilitation

July 13, 2010: Criminal Justice Reform Priorities

July 12, 2010: What Price Public Protection, Asks Probation Chief Inspector

July 12, 2010: NOMS has failed, says Napo

July 10, 2010: IPCC To Investigate Death of Raoul Moat

July 9, 2010: Women In Prison: New Report

July 9, 2009: Unjust Deserts: Imprisonment for Public Protection

July 8, 2010: Police Search Powers Change

July 7, 2010: Make 'Legal High' Illegal, Says ACMD

July 2, 2010: Failing Children In Prison

July 2, 2010: Police Buried Under a Blizzard of Guidance: HMIC

July 1, 2010: Freedom To Change The Law?

June 30, 2010: A New Outlook On Penal Reform?

June 30, 2010: Revolving Door Of Offending Must Stop, Says Clarke

June 30, 2010: Ken Clarke: Speech on Criminal Justice Reform

June 29, 2010: No More Police Targets

June 26, 2010: Family Intervention Projects Questioned

June 25, 2010: Cutting Criminal Justice

June 24, 2010: Napo on Sex Offenders Report

June 23, 2010: Closing Courts: The Cuts Begin

June 23, 2010: Strategy To Tackle Gangs

June 15, 2010: Courts and Mentally Disordered Offenders

June 8, 2010: Working With Muslims in Prison

June 1, 2010: Your Chance To Nominate a QC

May 12, 2009: Public Input On How Criminal Gains Are Spent

The general public will be able to choose how £4m seized from criminals will be spent in their area. The money will be available for local projects, and how it is spent will be decided by communities via websites, neighbourhood policing meetings or citizens’ panels.

The plans were announced as part of the government’s updated crime strategy – Cutting Crime: Two years on. The strategy gives communities more say in how justice is done in their neighbourhoods. It will also improve the way police, probation and local authorities fight crimes including burglary, robbery and car theft. The strategy will:

  • put £3m towards Operation Vigilance - a pilot scheme that targets known offenders and helps police find the best method of catching and prosecuting them
  • give police more powers to seize the assets of criminals
  • introduce more intensive community payback schemes over the coming year.

The strategy also introduces the first ‘virtual court’ pilot, where cases can be heard in court via a secure video link from the police station within four hours of a defendant being charged. If found guilty, they could be sentenced on the same day. This could save £10m per year by freeing up police and the courts’ time, as well as improving the service for victims and witnesses.