BREAKING: BBC News understands HMP Birmingham is being permanently brought back into public ownership. The jail has been operated by G4S since 2011 and had 7 more years of the contract to run. Prison Service has been managing the jail since last August after a damning inspection.

Abolish prison terms of under a year to ease safety crisis, say MPs theguardian.com/society/2019/a…

'We teach the hard way': prison coding initiative launches in Teesside theguardian.com/society/2019/a…

Today Public Accounts Committee reported on costly failures of Ministry of Justice #transformingrehabilitation #probation programme. Read our Chair Sir Bob Neill KC (Hon) 's comments on the report in full here: parliament.uk/business/commi…

probation-institute.org/events Probation Practitioner Conference 15th July London. Speakers and break out sessions including New Futures Network, Service User Engagement, Electronic Monitoring, Human Trafficking, Recall of Women to prison. Funded for NPS and CRCs . Book now!

Prison officers who smuggle drugs targeted by new corruption unit theguardian.com/society/2019/m…

Pleased to take part in today’s important debate on prisons & probation. As a society we need to think about what the aims of prisons + the criminal justice system are. Of course, punishment is an integral part of any custodial sentence but rehabilitation must be the central aim.

Revealed: single offender has been jailed nearly 200 times theguardian.com/society/2019/m…

More prisoners will be allowed to take outside jobs bbc.com/news/uk-484237…

Magistrates call for end to prison sentences under eight weeks theguardian.com/law/2019/jun/0…

'Inhumane': damning report on English and Welsh prisons theguardian.com/society/2019/j…

Domestic abuse victims more likely to suffer mental illness - study theguardian.com/society/2019/j…

CPS faces challenge over 'covert policy change' on rape cases theguardian.com/law/2019/jun/1…

Prison review says family contact reduces reoffending by women theguardian.com/society/2019/j…

London rough sleeping hits record high with 18% rise in 2018-19 theguardian.com/society/2019/j…

Chris Grayling’s privatisation of probation service ‘a disaster’ theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

Robert Buckland promoted to justice secretary ow.ly/6Y5Z50vbboa

We are delighted Merseyside's Police Commissioner Emily Spurrell Jane Kennedy has praised our CRC for the work done to reduce reoffending across the region: merseysidepcc.info/36/section.asp…

Wonderful news if true: theguardian.com/society/2020/j…

Probation services to return to public control after Grayling disasters theguardian.com/society/2020/j…