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19 Mar 2013

Howard League welcomes fall in child arrests

Police arrest almost 100 girls a day in England and Wales, figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (19 March).
9 Jan 2013

Plaid Cymru wants Welsh controlled, not privatised, probation service

Plaid Cymru has called for the Probation Service to handed to the Welsh Government rather than privatised under Westminster plans.
7 Nov 2012

Ballot initiatives in US states: an issues guide

There is a whole raft of initiatives and referendums on state ballots. We offer a summary here, with comments where appropriate on issues of social justice relating to these proposals.
16 Aug 2012

Bahrain verdict delay is 'denial of justice'

The postponement of a verdict in the appeal case of 13 Bahraini opposition activists has been criticised as “tantamount to a denial of justice.”
21 Mar 2012

Forensics, interpretation and changes to criminal justice

Britain’s criminal justice system leaves a lot to be desired, being founded on an adversarial rather than a restorative approach.

There are some areas, though, in which the system has worked well: two of these areas are forensic science, and the supply of professional interpreters for people who don’t speak English.
21 Jul 2011

Concern at number of young girls in UK penal system

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System has announced a one year independent inquiry into girls in the penal system.
8 Jun 2011

Community service is harder than prison, say offenders

New research has undermined assumptions about punishment, with the revelation that many offenders preferred a short prison term over a community sentence.
29 Nov 2010

Swiss told 'foreign deportations' vote will violate human rights

The Swiss government is being urged not to enforce the deportation of foreigners convicted of certain criminal offences if this results in human rights violations.
10 Aug 2010

Innovate to cut re-offending, says criminal justice report

The criminal justice system needs to be overhauled through community-based innovation to overcome massive reoffending, a new report says.
25 Mar 2010

UKIP and the BNP - What's the difference?

UKIP is generally treated as respectable and fairly mainstream, while the BNP is demonised. But is there really much difference between them? I decided to compare their policies and found that they were even more similar than I expected.

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