International News
Penological Information Bulletin, No. 23 & 24
14th December 2002
Published annually by the Council of Europe.
Pros & Cons: A Guide to Creating Successful Community-based HIV/AIDS Programs for Prisoners
27th September 2002
By Rick Lines. Published by Prisoners' HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (www.pasan.org).
International comparisons of criminal justice statistics 2000
12th July 2002
By Gordon Barclay & Cynthia Tavares. This bulletin brings together statistical information on criminal justice collected by the Home Office and the Council of Europe.
Privatising Justice: The impact of the Private Finance Initiative in the Criminal Justice System
26th March 2002
A report commissioned by the Justice Forum demands an immediate end to all Private Finance Initiative and Public Private Partnership (PPP)projects and a substantial increase in public sector capital investment in the Criminal Justice System. Report reserached and written\ by the Centre for Public Services.
2001 Annual Report on the state of the drugs problem in the European Union
19th December 2001
Detailed information on drug use in EU members states, which includes information on prisons. © European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2001 (www.emcdda.org)
Tax Payers Underwrite Private Prisons
25th October 2001
As States Struggle with Budget Crises, Governments Spend Large Sums on Economic Development Subsidies for Private Prisons. Press release from Good Jobs First in the US.
PRESS RELEASE: As States Struggle with Budget Crises, Governments Spend Huge Sums on Economic Development Subsidies for Private Prisons
22nd October 2001
An analysis of the first two decades of Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) by the US research centre Good Jobs First questions how the US's largest private prison company can remain viable in the face of continuing operational problems and current national corrections trends modifying lengthy prison terms.
Bailing Out Private Jails by Judith Greene, from The American Prospect
10th September 2001
The private-prison industry is in trouble. For close to a decade, its business boomed and its stock prices soared. But then reality set in.
Assistance to Drug Users in European Union Prisons: An Overview Study
23rd August 2001
By Dr. Heino Stover and Carl von Ossietzky. © European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2001 (www.emcdda.org)
Sex Offender Registries: A Costly Illusion
12th July 2001
Good evidence-based analysis of the \ (in)effectiveness of regsitries for sex offenders. Published by the John Howard Society of Ontario (www.johnhoward.on.ca).