International News
"Methadone in prison to launch in Bali" by Irene Lorete, Asian Harm Reduction Network - Indonesia
9th December 2004
Last week, a training on methadone substitution - for both hospital and prison setting - began in Bali.
"Wasted lives of the young let down by jail system" by Nick Davies, The Guardian
8th December 2004
Concluding his investigation into mentally disordered prisoners, Nick Davies looks at the number of children in prisons which cannot deal with their mental health problems.
Tragic Death of Ahmed Othmani, Chairperson of Penal Reform International
8th December 2004
The international prisoners' rights movement lost one of our most dedicated and tireless activists on December 8th when Ahmed Othmani was killed in a car accident in Morocco.
Part 2 - "Scandal of society's misfits dumped in jail" by Nick Davies, The Guardian
7th December 2004
Up to 70% of inmates in Britain's jails have mental health disorders. Second of a series.
Part 1 - "Scandal of society's misfits dumped in jail" by Nick Davies, The Guardian
6th December 2004
Up to 70% of inmates in Britain's jails have mental health disorders. First of a series.
"Face to face, a victim seeks justice from her burglar" by Mary Riddell, The Observer
5th December 2004
Mary Riddell is the first journalist allowed to sit in on a jail experiment in restorative justice that could change the British penal system
"U.S. Can Use Evidence Gained by Torture" by Michael J. Sniffen, Associated Press
3rd December 2004
Evidence gained by torture can be used by the U.S. military in deciding whether to imprison a foreigner indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an enemy combatant, the government concedes.
"For Blair there is no such thing as legal principle" by Helena Kennedy, The Guardian
27th November 2004
Sadly, Labour's law and order drive is more than an election strategy
"Federal prisons ombudsman calls for clean needle exchange for inmates" by John Ward, Canadian Press
18th November 2004
The federal prisons ombudsman says Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan should order the establishment of needle exchange programs in penitentiaries. Howard Sapers, officially known as the correctional investigator, said in his annual report Thursday that the Correctional Service of Canada has ignored such recommendations for years.
"Unjust Mandatory Minimums Strike Again: Weldon Angelos Sentenced to 55 Years and 1 Day in Prison" - Press Release from Families Against Mandatory Minimums
16th November 2004
Sentencing "Irrational," Advocates for Fair and Reasonable Sentencing Call for Repeal of Federal Mandatory Minimums
