This blog provides clarity on the Government's new measure to reduce time served in prison for certain people currently serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

This blog takes an in-depth look and summarises further detail on the provisions in each Bill that are likely to engage the voluntary sector.

The news that the government will be tabling legislation allowing it to rent prison spaces abroad has caused considerable concern across the voluntary sector. There is widespread disappointment that these proposals are being considered when other measures to reduce the population pressures, such as early release schemes and diversion programmes, are not being considered with the same priority.