Women prisoners have been coerced into sex with staff in return for favours such as cigarettes or alcohol, campaigners said. Assaults known as “decrotching”, where women prisoners forcibly retrieve drugs
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Up to 1,000 probation officers are expected to appeal against jobs assigned to them under a shake-up of the rehabilitation service in England and Wales. A total of 119 of
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The heads of Scotland’s crime-fighting agencies have met for the first time at a new £75 million base. Staff from all five organisations including police, forensics, customs and the prosecution
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“I stop and think … [I] think of the consequences to my son” This quote is one of many that illustrate the impact of a pilot programme to help prisoners
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There have been “serious errors” in the evidence given to a Holyrood committee over proposals to abolish corroboration, a retired high court judge has said. Lord McCluskey has written to
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Criminals will be made to pay towards the cost of their court case under legislation introduced to Parliament today by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. The new measure is part of
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it will be “exploring the reasons” for the drop in rape referrals made by police amid claims police or prosecutors are misinterpreting official guidelines.
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The Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ) wants your views on how it can best make a positive difference to youth and criminal justice in Scotland. As they begin
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Nick Clegg has launched the Department of Health’s latest action plan for mental health services, Closing the Gap: priorities for essential change in mental health. While the report was overshadowed
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This report sets out selected findings from a doctoral project on the use of stop and search in Scotland. The report sets out a body of evidence on the use
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