Conservatives dismiss claims of ‘permacrisis’ under Sunak as ‘smear by a Leftie bureaucrat’

Conservatives dismiss claims of ‘permacrisis’ under Sunak as ‘smear by a Leftie bureaucrat’

Emergency measures bailed out jails at last minute as No 10 refused to cut prisoner numbers until ‘cliff edge’ reached, former watchdog reports

Dame Ann Owers, a former chief inspector of prisons, found the criminal justice system had been 'in crisis' for more than 18 months under the Tory government.