Chaining prisoners to hospital beds 'shocking abuse of power'
The weekend Guardian reported on the routine chaining of sick and dying prisoners to hospital beds. According the The Guardian:
'Examples discovered include a
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The weekend Guardian reported on the routine chaining of sick and dying prisoners to hospital beds. According the The Guardian:
'Examples discovered include a
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Colin Allars, incoming Director of the National Probation Service, has told The Guardian that the public sector should not expect to be the 'monopoly...
Rebecca Roberts, senior associate at the Centre, has written a new blog post on the challenge of prison abolitionism. She writes:
'The domination of criminal justice thinking and practice will be difficult to shake – it’s hard enough, even with a 5 year old. And yet, there is
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We're looking for examples of policies or practices in UK prisons that are improving the conditions or enhancing the rights of inmates.
There's more information here on how you can send us your thoughts and ideas.
We are currently research interesting infographics as part of our Justice Matters project.
Here's one that came our way via the Open Society Foundation. Click on the picture for a larger version and background information....
Jenny Earle of the Prison Reform Trust argues that 'reducing women’s incarceration is not just a criminal justice issue, it involves a range of social equality and social justice issues that women face and addressing them will increase 'women’s autonomy, opportunities, and dignity....
The NHS is short of 600 consultants needed to provide a consultant-led A&E service at every hospital for at least 16 hours a day and Sir David Nicholson, outgoing Chief Executive of NHS England, blames cuts to social care for the problems experienced by A&E units,...
Professor David Nutt, chair of the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ISCD) has been awarded the 2013 John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science.
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As part of the new Justice Matters initiative we asked for thoughts and examples on infographics as an innovative way to present complex or significant facts and figures.
Becky...
More than 30,000 are set to get a pay rise of up to £400 a year following an increase in the 'Living Wage'. The Independent...
Baroness Morgan, chair of Ofsted, has called for children as two years of age to be enrolled at school in order to raise ‘dire’ standards of education, reports...
We have come rather late to this post on how the Transforming Rehabilitation sums might add up. It was publised back in June on the Buying Quality Performance website.
'Despite the rhetoric about a “rehabilitation revolution”,' writes Richard Johnson, 'this is the outsourcing of probation...