We need an overhaul of how women are treated in the criminal justice system
‘Each year, 12,000 women are imprisoned in the UK, many serving short sentences for non-violent offences’.
‘Each year, 12,000 women are imprisoned in the UK, many serving short sentences for non-violent offences’.
The new service for women recovering from alcohol and drug problems has opened in east London
It’s time that the Conservative justice secretary stopped trying to justify the oversight and started looking at ways to correct it.
Encouraging prisoners to read aids their rehabilitation.
Too many prisons act like bad parents. Rather than doing anything productive with those in their care, it’s a lot less effort to simply plonk them in front of the TV to veg out.
The Mail reports today that the government is to “end the cushy life in prison” for British inmates, who will apparently be denied access to television and the gym. “Instead offenders will start their life behind bars adhering to a spartan regime, wearing prison uniform and having to earn any perks,” the Mail adds.
Britain is rapidly becoming much more peaceful. In case you haven’t already noticed, it is now official. This is great news; but for some these numbers will be small comfort. As usual, headline figures mask the experiences at the individual and neighbourhood level.
Andrew Neilson, is the director of campaigns at the Howard League, rebuts the latest right-wing claims on longer prison sentences deterring crime.
The Spirit Level ties income inequality to social problems; here, an ex-young offender argues youth crime is typically a response to material deprivation.
One in four people suffer mental health problems throughout their lives – it’s time for business to act, supporting employees rather than simply firing them.