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HM Prison and Probation Service

Updated: May 6, 25
Published: May 6, 25
Reports of bullying and harassment are “a wake-up call and an opportunity to change”, Lord Timpson said today (6 May), after a review recommended wholesale change to how HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) deals with complaints.
Updated: Apr 25, 25
Published: Apr 22, 25
The first prisoners have been locked up at a new jail that will create nearly 1,500 prison places, helping to cut crime and make streets safer today as part of the Government’s Plan for Change (23 April).
Updated: Apr 24, 25
Published: Apr 3, 25
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has today (4 April) launched the Future Prison Leaders Programme to recruit and train the next generation of prison leaders.
Updated: Apr 24, 25
Published: Mar 28, 25
“Public safety must never be put at risk again by the failure to have enough prison places”, Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood said as she opened a new nearly 1,500-place prison in Yorkshire.
Updated: Apr 24, 25
Published: Mar 4, 25
Vulnerable girls sentenced to youth custody will no longer be placed in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs)

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Acronym: HMPPS
We carry out sentences given by the courts, in custody and the community, and rehabilitate people in our care through education and employment. HMPPS is an executive agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice .
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