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.
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.
7th December 2004
Up to 70% of inmates in Britain's jails have mental health disorders. Second of a series.
6th December 2004
Up to 70% of inmates in Britain's jails have mental health disorders. First of a series.
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
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.
27th November 2004
Sadly, Labour's law and order drive is more than an election strategy
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.
16th November 2004
Sentencing "Irrational," Advocates for Fair and Reasonable Sentencing Call for Repeal of Federal Mandatory Minimums
31st October 2004
There are no exact figures, but as many as one in three children in English youth jails are there for breaching an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ABSO).
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.