The First Minister insists that transwomen are women, but defends a separate policy towards placing them in the male prison estate.
So far public opinion has failed to rally behind the First Minister on either the constitutional principle or the substance of the s35 row.
We were once the party that said prison works. This is one route by which we can make sure it does.
Learning is vital to rehabilitation; my committee’s new report contains a clear programme for long-overdue reform.
The Prime Minister tasked me, the Home Secretary and the Attorney General with leading the Government’s fight against crime.
A focus on sentencing must come with much closer attention on what we do with those in jail.
But prisons policy won’t gain more priority from politicians without doing so from the rest of us.
The last in our mini-series of articles on ConservativeHome this week about prisons, policy and reform.
The second in our mini-series of articles on ConservativeHome this week about prisons, policy and reform.
The first in a mini-series of articles on ConservativeHome this week about prisons, policy and reform.
Improved educational provision is key. Increased use of boarding schools can offer a greater chance of stability.
Some £18 billion a year is incurred as a cost to the taxpayer as a result of reoffending.
It seems they are more interested in gender identity than the concerns that have been raised in women’s prisons.
Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.
This a small change in practice, but, it is a difference which will change lives, reduce crime and help stop the merry-go-round in our prison estates.