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Probation staff walk out in privatisation protest
Probation staff are set to stage a walk out in protest at government plans to privatise the majority of probation work, The Guardian reports today.
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North-south divide in life expectancy
There is a now a 15 year life expectancy gap between people living in Manchester and those living in Richmond upon Thames, according to data from the Office of...
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Thousands of families face eviction
Since the bedroom tax was introduced in April this year, more than 50,000 council tennants have fallen behind on their rent and face being evicted ...
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Do recessions cause violence?
Richard Garside weighs up the evidence for the links between recessions, violence and suicide.
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Sober up
'Drunks causing nuisance in towns and cities will be held overnight in privately run 'drunk tanks' and charged up to £400 under police leaders' proposals' reports the ...
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50% increase in force against prisoners
Wormwood Scrubs prison has been described as being on a 'knife edge' in a report from the Board of Visitors. Force or restraint measures were used 406 times to control prisoners in the first half of this year in a prison that holds 1,279 inmates - more than 450 of them foreign nationals, reports...
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The human cost of austerity
A spike in the suicide rates in Europe and the US has been linked to the financial crisis and austerity measures, reports the ...
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Hot picks from the journals inbox
The following journals and articles caught our eye this month:
- Race and criminal justice: A special virtual issue from Taylor and Francis with links to a range of articles ...
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Police: not acting uniformly
A Commons Public Accounts Committee report has criticised police forces for not clubbing together to buy items in bulk, reports the...
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Big business policing tax avoidance. What could go wrong?
Prem Sikka writes in today's Guardian on the perils of hiving off tax avoidance enforcement. 'The government has mobilised the full might of the state to tackle benefit...
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Sexual abuse alleged at immigration centre
Police have launched an investigation into claims that a woman who was held at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre, run by Serco, was subject to inappropriate sexual behaviour from guards. Reported by ...
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Jails: holding pens for foreign ex-offenders
Government data shows that on a single day last month nearly 1,000 foreign nationals were held in prison despite completing their prison sentences, reports...