The prisons minister has said early releases of inmates are necessary to fix the justice “crisis” as one of the county's prisons is set to become the largest in the UK. James Timpson OBE ...

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Prisons minister James Timpson has already ruled out releasing thousands more criminals early, meaning Labour’s hopes of avoiding more crises will hinge on sentencing reforms designed to send ...

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“The Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said to write to James Timpson, the prison minister, and to write to HMP Manchester and ask for Thomas to be moved in a timely manner. So we’re ...

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Ministers have been forced to trigger an emergency measure to house prisoners in police cells as jails run out of space. Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has enacted Operation Safeguard, which ...

Prisons minister Lord James Timpson has previously argued that Britain had become “addicted” to punishment and that jails were predominantly full of “broken” people. In an interview after he took on ...

Prisons minister Lord James Timpson has previously argued that Britain had become “addicted” to punishment and that jails were predominantly full of “broken” people. In an interview after he took on ...

He is working closely with Cheshire-based Lord James Timpson from the pioneering retailer which employs ex-offenders, and is now a government minister. Sir Phil Redmond, creator of such socially ...

Prisons minister Lord James Timpson said: “It cannot be right for British taxpayers to foot the bill for jailing foreign criminals who have brought misery to our communities. Under this ...

The Government — spearheaded by Prisons minister Lord James Timpson — launched an initiative in January to try to get more offenders back into stable work. Others taking part include Timpsons ...