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HRA Watch: Reform, Repeal, Replace? Elizabeth Stokes: Prisoners’ Rights in Context: What Future under a British Bill of Rights? – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted July 21st, 2015 in bills, human rights, legislation, news, prisons by tracey

‘As we contemplate the potential demise of the Human Rights Act 1998 in the UK (in no small part due to the decision in Hirst (No2) and its domestic application) it is worth considering what all this means for the protection of prisoners’ human rights in our domestic sphere, and the potential of either the courts or our democratic processes to recognise them.’

UK Constitutional Law Association, 20th July 2015

Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org/blog

The treasure in the heart of man – making prisons work – Ministry of Justice

Posted July 17th, 2015 in education, prisons, recidivists, rehabilitation, speeches by tracey

‘Speech given at Prisoners Learning Alliance by Michael Gove.’

Ministry of Justice, 17th July 2015

Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

MP privacy rules broken ‘deliberately’ in jail phone monitoring – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 17th, 2015 in interception, news, parliament, prison officers, prisons, privacy by tracey

‘Independent report reveals new details of how prison officers listened in to telephone calls between MPs and prisoners from their constituencies.’

Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2015

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Prison education must be ‘overhauled’, Michael Gove says – BBC News

Posted July 17th, 2015 in education, news, prisons, recidivists, rehabilitation by tracey

‘Education in prisons must be overhauled in order to tackle a “persistent failure to reduce re-offending”, the justice secretary is to say.’

BBC News, 17th July 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Prisoner book restrictions scrapped by Michael Gove – BBC News

Posted July 13th, 2015 in codes of practice, libraries, news, prisons, rehabilitation, statistics by tracey

‘Rules restricting the number of books a prisoner can have have been overturned by Justice Secretary Michael Gove.’

BBC News, 12th June 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Suicides among male prisoners reaching an ‘all-time high,’ says penal reform campaigner – The Independent

Posted July 9th, 2015 in drug abuse, homicide, news, prisons, reports, suicide by sally

‘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 aid restrictions delaying prisoners’ rehabilitation, court told – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2015 in legal aid, news, parole, prisons, rehabilitation by sally

‘Thousands of prisoners are being prevented from starting rehabilitation because they are denied legal aid for parole board hearings, the court of appeal has been told.’

The Guardian, 7th July 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Legal highs a factor in prison deaths, says ombudsman – The Guardian

Posted July 7th, 2015 in drug abuse, medicines, news, prisons, reports, suicide by sally

‘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

Staff-prisoner relationships are key to managing suicide risk in prison, say researchers – The Independent

Posted July 6th, 2015 in news, prison officers, prisons, suicide by sally

‘Identifying and managing vulnerable prisoners requires the building of staff-prisoner relationships, says new research on prisoner suicide.’

The Independent, 4th July 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Prison staff shortages contribute to suicides, report says – BBC News

Posted July 2nd, 2015 in bullying, death in custody, medical treatment, mental health, news, prisons, rehabilitation, standards, statistics, suicide, telecommunications by sally

‘Understaffing in prisons in England and Wales could be a factor in suicides among inmates, a review has concluded.’

BBC News, 1st July 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Jails and universities obliged to prevent radicalisation as new act becomes law – The Guardian

Posted June 30th, 2015 in codes of practice, hospitals, Islam, local government, news, prisons, school children, statutory duty, terrorism, universities by sally

‘Local authorities, prisons, NHS trusts, schools, universities and further education institutions will this week be placed under a new statutory duty to prevent extremist radicalisation taking place within their walls.’

The Guardian, 29th June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

High court challenge to government over services to Saudi prisons – The Guardian

Posted June 29th, 2015 in judicial review, Ministry of Justice, news, prisons, tenders by sally

‘The legality of a bid by the commercial arm of the Ministry of Justice to provide services for Saudi Arabia’s prisons is to be challenged in the high court.’

The Guardian, 29th June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Conditions at Pentonville Prison so bad that staff can’t be bothered to mop up blood stains, report finds – The Independent

Posted June 24th, 2015 in drug abuse, Ministry of Justice, news, prisons, violence by sally

‘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

Why is the MoJ so scared of allowing journalists into jails? – The Guardian

Posted June 24th, 2015 in media, Ministry of Justice, news, prisons, reports by sally

‘Of course prisons are by their nature closed institutions, but we know what goes on in our schools and hospitals. The media shouldn’t be shut out.’

The Guardian, 24th June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Prison overcrowding understated for years, minister admits – The Guardian

Posted June 12th, 2015 in news, prisons, standards by sally

‘Prison authorities have been underestimating the scale of overcrowding in jails in England and Wales for six years, the prisons minister has admitted.’

The Guardian, 11th June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Surge in number of prisoners killing themselves in solitary confinement revealed by report – The Independent

Posted June 10th, 2015 in appeals, codes of practice, disciplinary procedures, human rights, learning difficulties, news, ombudsmen, prisons, statistics, suicide, Supreme Court by sally

‘The number of prisoners who take their own lives in solitary confinement has reached a nine-year high with the death toll including a man who hanged himself after officers refused to give him a book, a report has disclosed today.’

The Independent, 9th June 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Prison suicides: Warning over segregating at-risk inmates – BBC News

Posted June 9th, 2015 in news, prisons, reports, suicide by tracey

‘The suicides of eight prisoners have prompted a warning to prison governors about the risk of keeping “at-risk” inmates in segregation.’

BBC News, 9th June 0215

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Number of paedophiles in Britain will shock public, warns Deputy Children’s Commissioner for England – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 2nd, 2015 in indecent photographs of children, inquiries, news, pornography, prisons, sexual offences by sally

‘Britain would need a rolling programme of prison building to house all its paedophiles if they were all to prosecuted, Sue Berelowitz has warned.’

Daily Telegraph, 31st June 2015

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Prisons built to expel – OUP Blog

Posted May 26th, 2015 in citizenship, deportation, immigration, news, prisons by sally

‘Every few months, a new report announces the breakdown of the British immigration system. In January, the Committee of Public Accounts issued a searing review of the Home Office’s migration policy. Three months earlier, the National Audit Office released a near-identical critique. Each publication invokes a now-familiar folk devil – the ‘foreign criminal’ – and demands better coordination between immigration enforcers and prison managers. Four times a year, we are told that governments that do not deport ‘foreign offenders’ are fundamentally unfit.’

OUP Blog, 26th May 2015

Source: http://blog.oup.com

Women in prison equals children without mothers, say justice groups – The Independent

Posted May 18th, 2015 in children, community service, domestic violence, drug abuse, families, fraud, handling stolen goods, mental health, news, prisons, statistics, theft, women by sally

‘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

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