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Proposed guidance for sentencing offenders with mental health conditions and disorders has been published in a consultation launched by the Sentencing Council.

The Sentencing Council has published a new guideline for how those guilty of child cruelty offences should be sentenced.

HMP Long Lartin, which holds some of the most dangerous and serious offenders was found by inspectors to be a stable and well-controlled prison.

The cost of private probation supervision in the US disproportionately harms the poor, often criminalising a person’s inability to pay their probation fees and court costs, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.