Comment
Counting the costs of extreme lockdown in prisons
“They’re going grey in the face and are constantly tired and worn out. They haven’t had any sunlight.”
Comment
What has gone down must go up
“Mum phones every day. I cannot explain how it makes me feel. It makes me feel sad and confused”.
Comment
Prosecution of asylum seekers needs to stop
Tara Casey wrote recently, ‘Poverty is not a crime and should never be treated as one’. Likewise, seeking asylum is not a crime, but is too often treated as one.
The American academic Professor Juliet Stumpf described the convergence of criminal and immigration law as ‘crimmigration’. Two recent cases illustrate how harshly asylum seekers may be treated under crimmigration law.
News
The implications of the use of 'less lethal weapons'
A new joint report by Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation investigates the human rights impact of less lethal weapons and other...
Publication
Perspectives from inside: A report from HMP Grendon and HMP Barlinnie
In this report Abigail Amey, Zoe Ellis and Will McMahon summarise the views of those who attended two events held at HMP Grendon, in June 2014, and HMP Barlinnie, in October 2014, as to how far UK prisons follow the European Prison Rules as recommended by the Council of Europe. We held three...
Comment
More than the bare minimum
In a previous comment piece, I wrote about what took place at the...
Comment
Human rights in prison: What would the highest standards look like?
On 27 June the Centre held an event at HMP Grendon to discuss the conditions in prisons across the UK and Europe, and what can be done to improve them.
The event was organised by the...
News
Housing crisis has begun to threaten human rights
The UN rapporteur on adequate housing, Raqel Rolnik has warned that the effects of the bedroom tax and benefit cuts are threatening the human rights of the poorest, reports The Guardian...