International News
"25,000 criminals up for early release" by David Byers, The Times
19th June 2007
More than 25,000 prisoners will be released in the next year under an emergency plan announced by the Government today to ease chronic prison overcrowding in England and Wales.
"Children's jail staff given wider powers of restraint" by Alan Travis, The Guardian
19th June 2007
The rules governing the use of restraint techniques based on inflicting pain in privately-run children's jails are to be widened to allow staff to use them to enforce everyday discipline, the Ministry of Justice confirmed yesterday.
"More jails will not solve overcrowding crisis, warns Woolf" by Alan Travis, The Guardian
18th April 2007
Former lord chief justice urges sentencing change. Courts 'should be told financial cost of prison'
"Governors call for fewer jailings, not more jails" by Alan Travis, The Guardian
10th April 2007
Prison governors have delivered an urgent warning to ministers that building new jails will not solve the criminal justice crisis and that too many minor offenders with mental health and alcohol problems are being locked up.
"Hidden costs of locking people up" by Jamie Doward and Denis Campbell, The Observer
8th April 2007
Once additional public costs - such as foster care for prisoners' children and income support - are factored in, the cost of imprisoning for a year soars by nearly a third.
"The prisoners who pay $125 a pack to beat smoking ban" by Chris Ayers, The Times (of London)
21st February 2007
California is being urged to drop or overhaul its no-smoking policy in prisons after black market prices in jail reached $125 (£64) for a packet, sparking riots and a booming trade that is diverting warders from their duties.
Submission of the UK Government to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Shelley v United Kingdom
15th February 2007
Written submission of the UK Government in the case of Shelley v UK, which examines the issue of prison syringe exchange
"Gun-crime bill on 'deathbed,' liberals say" by Janice Tibbetts, National Post
14th February 2007
There is a general consensus among criminologists that minimum mandatory sentences do nothing to deter crime. The gun crime bill was introduced primarily as a response to a wave of gang-related shootings that plagued Toronto and other large cities in 2005, months before the last election.
Press Release: Prison Growth Could Cost Up to $27.5 Billion Over Next 5 Years
14th February 2007
By 2011 one in every 178 U.S. residents will live in prison, according to a new report released today by the Public Safety Performance Project of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
"Coroner Calls for Clean Syringes in Jails" by Rosemary Desmond, Australian Associated Press
19th January 2007
Following an inquest into an inmate's injection drug overdose at the Woodford Correctional Center, Queensland Coroner Michael Barnes has come out in support of clean syringe access for prisoners.
