Psychiatrist, Pharmacist, Executioner: The social life of acute behavioural disturbance

Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, School of Social Sciences, Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research

Why child participation in court proceedings matters

Children and young people have the right to be involved in decisions about their lives.

New courts in the north to help women break the cycle of reoffending

Courts will open in West Yorkshire, Merseyside and Northumbria to help women...

Hundreds more prisoners being freed in second phase of early release scheme

The second tranche of prisoners being released includes those serving up to two and a half years.

Bus lanes to help stop traffic derailing court cases

Victims will get faster justice under a new Government plan to slash prisoner transport delays to help keep court cases moving. 

Performance Tracker 2026: Policing and crime | Institute for Government

More neighbourhood officers and falling serious crime paint a more positive picture for policing than in recent years.

Remote hearings to unlock capacity and speed up justice for victims

Victims will see cases heard sooner under a new pilot that could transform court capacity by allowing cases to be heard by judges hundreds of miles away.

Failure to fit tags left 5,000 offenders unmonitored in England and Wales, report finds

In first half of this year 1,600 tags also had no signal for over two weeks, highlighting scale of probation crisis

Two men serving indefinite jail sentences freed after two decades

Convicted pair, plus third man released in August, have IPPs replaced after serving much longer than minimum terms

Courts expands tech support for vulnerable witnesses | UKAuthority

Justice Committee welcomes Government response on jury trial reform but warns plan to expand...

Ministers must demonstrate the plan to expand capacity in the magistrates’ court is deliverable and meets demand, the Justice Committee has warned, as it publishes the Government response to its...

Push to stop neurodivergent children entering criminal justice system

Greater Manchester is launching a three-year project shaped by neurodivergent young people to help change how they are supported within the justice system

Barristers would not recommend 'retraumatising' courts system - Today's Family Lawyer

A report by the Bar Council has identified three quarters of barristers do not consider the courts system offers access to justice

Ministers drop plans to cut jury trials in England and Wales after outcry

Critics say scrapping of plans, which aimed to increase judge-alone trials to deliver swifter justice, leaves court system and victims vulnerable

Justice secretary vows to be ‘ambitious’ to cut rising court backlog

Ministry of Justice figures showed there were 80,829 cases still to be dealt with at the end of June

Prisoners freed early in England and Wales risk living on the streets, say probation officers

Warning of a lack of hostel places for 2,000 criminals due to be released over the next month to ease overcrowding

Staff shortages hamper probation public protection work - Russell Webster

Probation inspectorate finds staff shortages mean public protection work is often sub-standard.

Nine more indefinite jail terms referred to Court of Appeal by justice watchdog

The cases include Carl Lamb, who cut off his own ear with a razor blade in front of a prison officer in protest at his sentence