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CAMPAIGNERS questioned why immigration detainees are not being released from centres today following the announcement that low-risk prisoners are being given an early release.
On Saturday the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced that up to 4,000 prisoners with sentences of two months or less will be let out on temporary licence in an effort to control the spread of Covid-19 behind bars.
There have been 90 confirmed cases across Britain’s jails, and three inmates and two officers have already died from the virus.
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society
Government accused of scapegoating ethnic minorities after Home Office reveals plan to publish the nationalities of foreign criminals
