Week in Justice 18 Feb 2018

Two main news stories this week.

Firstly, the latest HMPPS workforce stats show that the prison officer recruitment campaign is really starting to work with a net gain of over 700 officers in the last quarter. The only downside is that existing staff are still leaving at a rate of 9.7% per year.

Secondly, it emerges that home detention curfew processes have been streamlined in the hope of getting more prisoners released early and easing pressure on the system.

In other news, the MoJ published its HMP Nottingham action plan - the first one in response to the new HMI Prisons urgent notification system. Also, concerns about digital disclosure rumble on with new cases coming to light on a daily basis.

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