Sentencing change leads to Â£10m jail backlog
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Media & professional: Court told prisoners stuck in system for two years.
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Motorists who cause death on the roads could avoid jail under new official sentencing guidelines
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Tories and penal reformers accuse government of mismanagement of prison system
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Federal regulators imposed a $10 million penalty against an Alabama bank for alleged violations of rules barring money laundering.
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Non-violent offenders could be released early to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales.
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A manager is jailed for 10 months for selling bones from a hospital bone bank to private clinics.
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A Belfast man who has served 25 years in jail for murdering three Irish Army colleagues is to transfer to an NI jail.
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A magistrate on Monday deferred   sentencing rock singer Pete Doherty on a string of drug   offences, although the Babyshambles frontman could still be   jailed for up to six months.
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The escape of a notorious jail-breaker has led to calls to overhaul Belgium's prison system.
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A magistrate on Monday deferred sentencing rock singer Pete Doherty on a string of drug offences, although the Babyshambles frontman could still be jailed for up to six
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A scheme to introduce weekend prisons for people who commit minor offences is being considered for Scotland.
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A man jailed for 10 years in Bulgaria for attempted murder, spends his first day behind bars in Britain.
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A law firm boss and some of his former staff are convicted after claiming up to an estimated Â£10m of bogus Legal aid work.
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A man found guilty of killing a Welsh tourist at a railway station in France has his jail term reduced by 10 years on appeal.
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Justice Minister Lord Falconer is expected to announce Tuesday the early release of 2,000 low-risk and non-violent inmates to ease chronic overcrowding at prisons in England and Wales.
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The mayor of Pitcairn Island has changed his plea to guilty and faces sentencing for sexually assaulting young girls, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.
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How a ticket led to 1 year in prison.