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Increasing the prison population will put England and Wales out of step with their neighbours.
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The details of Ms A’s case reinforce what campaigners and midwives have been saying for years.
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While the pandemic has had devastating consequences for imprisoned people, many of their experiences were already characterised by pain and deprivation
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We have been writing to trans and non-binary prisoners in the UK since before the pandemic began. This is what they say about lockdown.
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Iran and Turkey have released large numbers of prisoners. Should other countries follow suit?
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Prisons are already a hotbed of disease, and without action COVID-19 could have catastrophic consequences behind bars.
Locked up for life?
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More inmates are growing old and dying in prison, and the system is not designed to cope.
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Women’s prisons have become stopgaps, a place to simply put people society does not know what else to do with.
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Covering subjects from black holes to sleep science, a geophysicist explains his new course.
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Asylums were once designed to aid mental recovery – perhaps modern prisons should take note.
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The ‘Monster of Worcester’ would have been released 24 years ago in Norway - would that have been better for everyone?
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Well trained and experienced staff are a crucial part of improvements.
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Games such as chess should be a welcome addition to the activities available for prisoners.
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Mental health courts work to reduce reoffending, enhance public safety and improve the well-being of individuals with mental illness.
Black men occupy a disproportionate share of prison cells in the U.S.
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Just as with so many other criminal justice policies, pretrial detention disproportionately affects African-American men and women, destabilizing black families in the process.
Why isn’t there more public pressure to improve the state of British prisons?
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Without public pressure, politicians won’t make improving conditions in prisons a priority.
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Participants in a recent study became calmer, more able to express their point of view without aggression and developed more open minds.
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Some inventive prison inmates have a surprisingly varied and satisfying diet.
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Probation services in the UK are straining under a system that prioritises profit above rehabilitation.
A far larger proportion of prisoners have histories of dependent substance use than the general population.
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New research has analysed the effectiveness of ten Drug Recovery Wings piloted in British prisons.