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Taser troubles

More than 14,700 police are now armed with tasers. Figures due out tomorrow will show that in 2009 there were 3,500 taser deployments, rising to more than 7,000 a year in 2010 and 2011. The police have now been instructed to refrain from using the weapons at point blank range after a surge in...

9 September 2013
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New immigration centre planned by MoJ

HMP The Verne is set to be re-rolled into a immigration detention centre, reports Corporate Watch. The prison was under threat of closure due to poor conditions but is now set to be redeveloped, bringing the total number of...

4 September 2013
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Is Britain a nation of addicts?

A new report from the Centre for Social Justice labels Britain as the 'addicted capital' of Europe. Read the story on the Guardian website along with comments from Professor David Nutt....

2 September 2013
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Another eye-catching initiative

Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) should be able to hire and fire prison governors and probation chiefs, according to a new report from the right-wing Policy Exchange. The think tank also calls for PCCs to be given powers to increase...

22 August 2013
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Criminal waste of money

One in ten prosecutions in magistrates courts in England and Wales are for TV licence non payment, a situation The Daily Telegraph describes as a 'criminal...

22 August 2013
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'Cruel, inhumane and degrading'

The Independent reports on a recent unannounced visit by the prisons inspectorate to HMP Bronzefield. Chief inspector Nick Hardwick writes that inspectors were '...

21 August 2013