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We are having no more. We are not animals, we are human beings.
Successive governments over many years have indulged in banal sound-bites and failed prisons
Don’t look back in anger
The gains that followed the 1990 Strangeways prison protest are being lost
Punishment and access to education in prison today
Education can be transformative for prisoners, so why are their so many barriers?
Is it a crime to be poor?
The #OPENUP manifesto offers 10 Solutions to reducing women’s imprisonment
Prisons and the mentally ill: the need to look beyond punitiveness
Effective violence prevention can keep vulnerable people out of the criminal justice system
The Supreme Court decision – detaining asylum seekers was unlawful
There is no way to humanely deprive people of their liberty for immigration purposes
Ending up with 20 years in the Big House
Mike Guilfoyle remembers a case from early in his career
More police, more prosecutions, more punishment
Organisations opposing further criminal justice growth need to buckle up for what is coming
Who are the slave masters of today?
Modern slavery policies is invoking an unhelpful ‘enemy within’ logic
Meeting Nala
Mike Guilfoyle remembers his supervision of his client 'Nala'
Fracking: how the police response is threatening the right to protest
The police are too quick to treat climate protestors as dangerous extremists
Why it is time to repeal the Vagrancy Act of 1824
The Vagrancy Act should be repealed to stop the routine criminalisation of rough sleepers
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