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New video: Last month in criminal justice
Watch our February edition of 'Last month in criminal justice' and access our webinar reading list.
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Stop the 500
We have signed a letter calling on the government to scrap the proposed 500 new prison places for women.
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No new prisons for women!
The government has announced its intention to spend £150 million on building 500 new prison places for women. If ever a public spending project promised to bring increased misery this is it!
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Decriminalising the non-payment of TV licences and council tax
Some time ago, an article by Rona Epstein on council tax debt was published in the magazine Ready, Steady, Go! produced by Women In Prison and distributed to all women’s prisons. It explained the law about council tax debt.
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New report: Joint enterprise and the criminalisation of women
A new report by Becky Clarke and Dr Kathryn Chadwick details the criminalisation of women convicted under joint enterprise laws.
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Why do we still imprison pregnant women?
The latest reports of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights revealed the conditions in some British prisons.
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Righting wrongs: Access to criminal appeals for women in prison
I am a criminal defence investigator at APPEAL, a non-profit law practice, specialising in challenging wrongful convictions and unfair sentences for women in criminal cases.
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Is it a crime to be poor?
The great Angela Davis wrote in Are Prisons Obsolete?:
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Poverty is not a crime: ending imprisonment for debt
As the country prepares to enter into a new legal and political era, marked by novel and complex constitutional challenges, some of the most vulnerable members of society, and particularly women, are facing legal battles which would not be out of place in Victorian times.
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Right to family life: children whose mothers are in prison
Rona Epstein calls for urgent action to ensure children’s rights are met in the criminal justice system
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Consensus on women in prison, but where's the action?
There has been more inexplicable delay in the government’s plans for women in criminal justice. It renders urgent the question of how to address women’s health issues and the harmful impact of...
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Cross-party support for Mayor to bid for Holloway prison
Thousands of people have now shown their support for a petition calling on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to purchase the former Holloway prison site and protect the land for council homes, community facilities...