‘Suicides among men in prison could be reaching an all-time high as more than twenty inmates are reported to have taken their own lives since May, a leading penal reform campaigner has claimed.’
The Independent, 8th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Legal highs are suspected to have been a factor in 19 self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and Wales over the past two and a half years, an official investigation has found.’
The Guardian, 7th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman who slit the throats of two children has been given a two-year supervision order.’
BBC News, 26th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who strangled and stabbed his mother in a frenzied attack while high on drink and drugs has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years.’
BBC News, 24th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Conditions at Pentonville Prison have been criticised in a damning reports cataloguing blood stained cells, habitual violence and prisoners claiming to have easy access to drugs.
The Independent, 23rd June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A man who stabbed his friend to death in an argument about a cannabis joint has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 22nd June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who beat a teenager with a pole in an alcohol and drug-fuelled rage after he mistook him for someone else has been jailed for life.’
BBC News, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The sale of laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, the second most popular recreational drug in Britain, is to be banned in the government’s clampdown on legal highs, Home Office ministers have announced.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Newport woman who slit the throats of two children in a drug induced trance has been cleared of attempting to murder them on grounds of insanity.’
BBC News, 20th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Seven years ago, the Family Drug and Alcohol Court began in London: now it is being extended to England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 17th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘12,000 women are sentenced each year in the UK – leaving about 20,000 children without mothers, according to Women in Prison’
The Independent, 16th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An attempt to ban the possession of the toxic “diet drug” DNP has failed, it has emerged just days after student Eloise Parry became the fifth person in three years to die after taking the pill bought over the internet.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A man who killed a 14-year-old girl when his car mounted the pavement and hit a group of people has been sentenced to four years in prison.’
BBC News, 16th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Five legal highs, including an alternative to cocaine that is one of the most common in Britain, are to be banned from midnight on Thursday, ministers have announced.’
The Guardian, 9th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Twenty-five years after the first private facility opened in Britain, private jails are performing far worse than government-operated facilities on at least a dozen counts. They account for a higher proportion of fighting, sexual assaults, drug-taking, self-harming, hunger strikes, and prisoner escapes than public-sector prisons, according to an analysis by The Independent on Sunday of new government statistics.’
The Independent, 5th April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A drug addict whose attack on a disabled pensioner caused outrage around the world should use his four-year jail sentence to “do some thinking”, his victim has said.’
The Guardian, 2nd April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘People who take drugs before getting behind the wheel of a car believe it is a “much more acceptable” thing to do than driving while drunk, according to a Government study.’
The Independent, 6th April 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘For many years, there has been a prescribed limit to the amount of alcohol one may have in one’s system when driving, but there has been no parallel legislation or specified limit in relation to drug-driving, prescribed or otherwise.’
Park Square Barristers, 24th February 2015
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘A doctor who gave the president of a university polo club a cocktail of drugs leading him to choke to death on a sock has been jailed.’
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Daily Telegraph, 18th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The young people locked up in Clayfields House have been convicted of serious crimes, from assault to murder. Under close supervision, many have turned their lives around – but now this unusual prison may be under threat.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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