Police & Prisons

Articles

9 Aug 2023

Exonerated prisoners will no longer be charged for saved living expenses

Compensation payments made to the wrongly convicted will no longer be reduced to account for 'saved living costs'.

28 Jul 2023

Lords committee: UK-EU security cooperation 'sub-optimal'

In a letter to the home secretary, the Justice and Home Affairs Committee said that cooperation on law enforcement and criminal justice between the UK and the European Union has been "set back in certain respects".

18 Jul 2023

Law Society: five fixes for the justice system

With the UK's justice system in crisis, there are short-term fixes that will stabilise the system, says the Law Society of England and Wales.

14 Jul 2023

Walking a tightrope: policing and legislating public order

Emelia Bezant-Gahan analyses the UK's recent public order legislation, its implications for the right to protest and competing human rights issues.

11 Apr 2023

Pre-charge bail vs RUI: the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Six months on from the act, little has improved for police culture towards criminal suspects, argues Bartholomew Dalton

13 Dec 2022

Hands, face, alcohol trace: hair dye, hand sanitiser and forensic tests

Chaynee Hodgetts scrutinises the risk of false positive alcohol metabolite testing results

29 Nov 2022

Does prison still work?

Dr Peter Pratt shines a light on sex offender treatment that increased the risk of reconviction and asks, is history repeating itself?

20 Oct 2022

A case law review of data retention in policing

Emelia Bezant-Gahan reviews when police infringement of Article 8 ECHR rights is deemed 'proportionat';