‘Hundreds of deaths in psychiatric units, prisons and police cells between 2010 and 2013 were avoidable and were caused by repeated “basic errors” by staff ignorant of mental-health risks, human rights advocates have said.’
The Independent, 23rd February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The number of women imprisoned in Britain every year represents a “litany of despair”, Nick Clegg will say tomorrow, in a tacit admission that the coalition has failed to tackle high rates of female incarceration.’
The Independent, 22nd February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
R (James) v HM Prison Birmingham and others [2015] EWCA Civ 58; [2015] WLR (D) 59
‘There was no obligation on a judge to deduct from a term of imprisonment the time spent on remand by a person arrested under section 43 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 for breach of a final gang injunction order under sections 34 to 36 of the 2009 Act, and subsequently imprisoned for contempt of court pursuant to section 14 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and section 120 of the County Courts Act 1984.’
WLR Daily, 9th February 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A prisoner has launched a legal challenge to give inmates the right to report unauthorised smoking in jail.’
BBC News, 12th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The chief inspector of prisons has called for a full review of the lessons learned from the opening of the troubled G4S-run Oakwood prison before any more “supersized” jails are opened.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The rights of more than 1,000 UK prisoners were breached when they were prevented from voting in elections, European judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 10th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Plans for Europe’s largest juvenile prison were criticised last night after a new report claimed that jailing children increased the chances of them becoming sex offenders in adulthood.’
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The Independent, 10th February 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A rule that effectively stopped prison inmates in England and Wales receiving books has been relaxed.’
BBC News, 1st February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Today [29 January], Justice Minister Simon Hughes spoke on BBC Radio 5Live about the often thorny issue of female offenders and the way in which the Criminal Justice System (CJS) treats them. He said, “There are so many women who ought not to be in prison. About half ought not to be there at all…”’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 29th January 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Serious assaults in prisons in England and Wales reached their highest level for at least ten years, figures from the Ministry of Justice show.’
BBC News, 29th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘David Ho, a Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, said there was no evidence to show that therapy prevented further offending.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Half the women in jail should not be behind bars, the Justice minister will admit today, as he launches fresh moves to tackle the vicious cycle of imprisonment and reoffending faced by many female inmates.’
The Independent, 29th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Elashmawy v Court of Brescia, Italy [2015] EWHC 28 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 15
‘Italian prison conditions were compliant with article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.’
WLR Daily, 16th January 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The justice secretary will be able to ban any legal drug inside prisons, including prescription drugs and “legal highs”, under a crackdown to start this week.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Prison suicides in England and Wales have risen to the highest level for seven years with 82 prisoners taking their own lives last year, according to new figures.’
The Guardian, 22nd January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A Sikh solicitor has won undisclosed compensation after being barred from entering a prison to visit a client because he had pins in his turban.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Boys as young as 15 are being held in virtual solitary confinement in a youth prison plagued by gang violence, inspectors warn today.’
The Independent, 13th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Paedophile Ian Watkins will not receive a £150,000 pay-out after a Lostprophets’ management company was dissolved, the BBC understands.’
BBC News, 13th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Justice Secretary spent £72,000 of taxpayers’ money in an attempt to maintain his ban on inmates receiving books in prison from visitors.’
The Independent, 10th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Mobile phones that are being used by prisoners will be cut off under proposed new legislation.’
Ministry of Justice, 5th January 2015
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
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