Stop playing politics with prison, inspector demands

by | Jan 30, 2008

For the third year running Her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers, a former human rights campaigner, has hit the headlines with a hard-hitting report on Britain’s dire prison situation, calling for action not political posturing. In 2006 the...

Archbishop says young children should be kept out of prison

by | Nov 8, 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has told a newspaper he thinks the British government should consider raising the age of criminal responsibility, acknowledging that very young people involved in crime still need to be recognised as children. The archbishop...