29 March 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Britain’s first titan-sized prison gets green light

source: The Guardian
published: 27 March 2015

The contract to build Britain’s first titan prison holding more than 2,100 inmates has been signed just days before next Monday’s deadline, when parliament officially dissolves for the general election.

But Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, has failed to get approval in time for his other flagship prison project, a 320-place “secure college” or supersized youth jail costing £80m, which was to be the first of a network to replace the current system of youth offender institutions and secure training centres.

17 January 201521 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Lessons learned from Pat Finucane murder, says David Cameron

source: The Guardian
published: 16 January 2015

MI5, police and military intelligence’s use of informers has been transformed due to lessons learned from the Pat Finucane murder scandal, David Cameron has said.

The prime minister outlined to parliament how the government had responded to the findings of a damning report two years ago on the loyalist killing in 1989.

11 January 201521 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Immigrant children still being detained, figures show

source: The Independent
published: 8 January 2015

More than 600 children, the majority under 12 years old, have been put in detention under immigration rules in the four years since the Government claimed to have ended the controversial practice.

A new analysis of Home Office statistics by The Independent also reveals that the number of children being held increased from 127 in 2011 to 228 in 2013 – an 80 per cent rise. This is despite Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg stating in December 2010: “We are ending the shameful practice that last year alone saw over 1,000 children – 1,000 innocent children – imprisoned.”