8th April 2004
650,000 return home each year without adequate services in their communities because inaccurate data deprives communities of public funding and misinforms policymakers, says new report from the Brennan Center for Justice.
30th March 2004
In the case of Hirst v. The United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that denying prisoners the right to vote was in breach of Article 3 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This ruling struck down a UK law that denies serving prisoners the right to exercise their franchise in national elections.
29th March 2004
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is planning to set up tattoo parlours in six federal prisons this year. Health officials hope the parlours will reduce the spread of infectious diseases, including hepatitis C.
5th March 2004
"Still Striking Out", by the Washington, D.C.-based Justice Policy Institute, shows that the policy has contributed to chronic prison growth, disproportionately affected African Americans, Latinos and people convicted of non-violent offenses, and has had little impact on crime
23rd February 2004
A two-day conference on HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia starts today in the Irish capital, Dublin. Some activists are using the opportunity to focus on HIV/AIDS in the region's prisons. By Antoine Blua of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
19th December 2003
By Rick Lines and Ralf Jurgens for the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network in cooperation with the John Howard Society of Canada. Published in Gerald B. Thomas (ed.), Perspectives on Canadian Drug Policy: Volume II.
19th December 2003
By Cynthia Kirkby, John Howard Society of New Brunswick. Published in Gerald B. Thomas (ed.), Perspectives on Canadian Drug Policy: Volume II.
11th December 2003
Presentation by Prof. Heino Stover of the University of Bremen, Germany at the public forum "HIV, Hepatitis C, and Harm Reduction in Prisons: Evidence, Best Practice and Human Rights", sponsored by the Irish Penal Reform Trust and Merchant's Quay Ireland.
10th December 2003
Reviews the evidence of HIV, Hepatitis C and injecting drug use in Australian prisons, and outlines a series of concrete proposals and steps for implementing prison needle exchange in Australia. Published by the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League.
28th November 2003
By Susan B. Tucker and Eric Cardora. Part of the "Ideas for an Open Society" series published by the Open Society Institute (www.soros.org).
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.