International News
A decade later, most states barely use "3 Strikes"
23rd September 2004
Three Strikes states see less drop in violent crime than "non-strike" states, says Justice Policy Institute.
Howard League for Penal Reform calls for the abolition of Anti Social Behaviour Orders for children
22nd September 2004
"Using anti-social behaviour legislation on children is a nasty political trick. The government is seen to be doing something - but the real challenges are left unmet."
"Fighting the AIDS Epidemic by Issuing Condoms in the Prisons" by Brent Staples, New York Times
7th September 2004
The prison data cries out for an AIDS-prevention strategy that would encompass all of the nation's jails and prisons. At a minimum, the program would give inmates free and open access to condoms.
"Prisoner suicides rise to record level in overcrowded jails" by Ian Herbert, The Independent
4th September 2004
A record number of inmates killed themselves in English jails last month, triggering concerns about the ill effects of the prison population rising so rapidly.
"Prisons, Profits, and Prophets" by Bill Berkowitz, WorkingForChange.com
2nd September 2004
The nation's largest private prison corporation joins forces with conservative faith-based ministries.
U.S. Prison Abuse Panel Doesn't Go Far Enough, says Human Rights Watch
24th August 2004
A report by a panel reviewing Pentagon detention operations criticizes top officials, but fails to address government policy that may have led to the mistreatment and torture of detainees, Human Rights Watch said today.
"U.S. military medical staff slammed in British journal" by Oliver Moore, Globe and Mail
20th August 2004
Some U.S. military doctors in Iraq and Afghanistan betrayed their duty to patients by participating in and covering up the abuse of prisoners, a report in the British journal Lancet argues.
Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israeli Prisons Begin Hunger Strike
15th August 2004
Press Release from the Committee for the Families of Political Prisoners and Detainees in the West Bank
British Court Decision Undermines Global Torture Ban, says Human Rights Watch
11th August 2004
A ruling by Britain's second-highest court undermines the global ban on torture, Human Rights Watch said today.
"A second death row" by Rachael Davies, The Lancet
24th July 2004
Rachael Davies reports on the rapid spread of HIV through communities of injecting drug users in prisons worldwide, and asks why cost-effective harm-reduction strategies, such as needle-exchange programmes, are ignored by most institutions.
