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Category - prison reform

9 Jun 2011

Prison sentencing reform under attack from Tory right and tabloids

Sentencing reforms and other "sensible" changes proposed by the Ministry of Justice are under threat from Prime Minister David Cameron and his advisers.
9 Mar 2011

Nigerian chaplains' chief urges radical prison reform

The founder of Nigeria's prison chaplains has challenged the 'revenge rather than rehabilitation' culture that occurs through imprisonsonment.
19 Jan 2011

New report on women in prison says spending cuts 'a challenge'

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System says funding cuts are a "challenge" and the coalition must support women in the penal system.
4 Oct 2010

Archbishop deplores the size of Britain's prison population

Anglican Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has questioned the deterrent effect of imprisonment and severe prison sentencing.
2 Aug 2010

Prison violence up by almost two thirds in a decade

The Howard League says that a shocking rise in prison violence cannot simply be attributed to the increasing prison population.
30 Jun 2010

Kirk supports community alternatives to short prison sentences

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has backed the Scottish Government’s plans to replace short prison sentences with community payback orders.
27 May 2010

New figures reveal thousands of ten and eleven year-olds criminalised

Figures released by the Youth Justice Board today suggest that the case of the 10 and 11 year-olds convicted of attempted rape this week is not such a rare occurrence.
12 Aug 2007

Ex-prisoner Aitken calls for action on failing penal system

A former Tory Cabinet Minister, who has been in jail himself, has challenged the Keswick Convention, a major UK evangelical rally, to get involved in the effort to transform the country's failing prison system.

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