An UPDATED Public Space Protection Order for Carlisle has been agreed following public consultation. The updated city council legal order aims to 'Keep Carlisle Clean', maintaining the quality of the ...

As a member of Aberdeen City’s Chief Officer Group for public protection, I am pleased to advise you that a new multi-agency microsite has been launched today. The site is designed to support you in ...

The former justice secretary Alex Chalk says indefinite jail terms are ‘totalitarian’ punishments and prisoners have been damaged by ‘state’s failure’ At The Independent, we make no apology for ...

Better protection for the public, particularly children and the most vulnerable, is at the heart of major law refor... Better protection for the public, particularly children and the most vulnerable, ...

The government is proposing to scrap indefinite Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences Is the government being tough on sentencing by extending the principle of mandatory life sentences? It ...

Sentences can last years longer than the tariff for the crime under the IPP system Like its predecessors, this government has resisted calls to provide for the re-sentencing of the prisoners concerned ...

before thanks to the continuing work of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA), Paul Goggins, minister for the correctional services, said today. Today sees the publication of 42 local ...

The number of Public Protection Officers (PPOs) in Derby tackling troubled streets, fighting anti-social behaviour and helping the environment has reduced by almost 40 per cent in four years. A recent ...

The PSNI has launched a Public Protection Unit (PPU) in ‘B’ District, which comprises South and East Belfast. The unit has been set up to tackle child abuse and domestic abuse; to respond to ...

Is the government being tough on sentencing by extending the principle of mandatory life sentences? It certainly sounds that way. When the death sentence was abolished in 1965, it was thought that the ...