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Electronic monitoring regulator needed
An electronic monitoring regulator should be established to ensure that intrusive monitoring technologies are only used when there are clear ethical and practical grounds for doing so.
Comment
Prisons and the mentally ill: the need to look beyond punitiveness
Tougher criminal justice sanctions are often advocated by politicians who say this reflects public opinion on how to treat criminals, but this is only part of the story.
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What future for electronic monitoring?
Last week we held a symposium on the future of electronic monitoring of those under a criminal justice sanction in England and Wales.
The symposium heard from Dr Hannah Graham, from the University of Stirling and Professor Mike Nellis, from the University of Strathclyde.
Dr Graham spoke about the Scottish experience of electronic monitoring, as well as international evidence on impact and effectiveness. Professor Nellis...
Comment
Electronic monitoring: in flight to where?
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) session on the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report on the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) failed 'New World' electronic monitoring (EM) strategy on the 13th November was a disappointment.
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Reaction to damning troubled families report
The publication by the influential House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of a report into the Troubled Families Programme is 'a complete dressing down' for the Government, the Centre's Deputy...
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Government over-reliant on G4S and Serco
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has released a report today warning that Government has become over-reliant on a...
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The great criminal justice contracts monopoly
'Government spends £187 billion on goods and services with third parties each year, around half of which is estimated to be on contracted out services'. So claims a report by the...
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Government failing to manage outsourced contracts, MPs claim
The government is failing to manage contracts with a host of private companies delivering a range of services to departments and members of the public, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) ...
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Telling right from wrong
The appearance of four senior executives from Atos, Capita, G4S and Serco before the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee got off to a slow start yesterday. It soon warmed up.
G4S Chief Executive Ashley Almanza made the startling observation that the company had failed to 'tell...