In recent times there have been increasing calls for zero tolerance of physical violence in...
On the first day of the Strangeways protest, in April 1990, one prisoner declared that, ‘We are...
In 1988, Partners of Prisoners (POPS) established itself in Manchester as a local support group...
Since the first national penitentiary, Millbank, opened on British soil in 1816, the debate in...
Tougher criminal justice sanctions are often advocated by politicians who say this reflects...
On 27 November 2019, the Supreme Court gave judgment in R (Hemmati and others) v Secretary of...
I recently read a challenging but stimulating scholarly book by David Hayes - Confronting Penal...
To 1945, 1979 and 1997 might be added 2019: a pivotal General Election with the potential to...
The use of modern slavery policies in regional drug trafficking cases - more often known as...
I recently re-read Peggy Giodano's important scholarly work, Legacies of Crime, which explores...
The UK government has announced an immediate moratorium on fracking. The decision came after new...