There is nothing ‘natural’ about prisoners dying from preventable illnesses
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We should be repairing the fissures in our society rather than to punishing those at the margins…
It took a global pandemic to deliver reductions in the prison population
New research points to a diversity of responses to COVID across Europe
Enforcement alone will never address the tsunami of male violence towards women
Helping released prisoners get jobs is good for them and good for society
The government should prioritise children’s welfare, not consign them to extreme lockdown
To understand police racism, we need to examine how routine practices are discriminatory
Covid lockdown delivered falls in the prison population. It probably won’t last
Matt Ford looks at the dynamics behind the sharp fall in the prison population
The memorably alliterative phrase used was 'punitive passions pulsate' and the unsettling…
There can be few better examples of misguided priorities than building more prisons