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Natalie Goffe secures acquittal in assisting an offender murder trial

The Public Order Act 2023

Serious Disruptive Prevention Orders (SDPOs)

Specialist prison units for violent or sexual ‘Trans women’ offenders 

The minimum age of marriage & civil partnership now 18

The rise of Civil Orders and Sexual Risk Orders

‘Operation Safeguard’ – Our prisons are at capacity

Recruitment Opportunities at PDS Cheltenham

Sentenced in the absence of defence counsel