UK immigration detention: a potted history
Posted: June 30, 2015 Filed under: Detention Centres | Tags: asylum seeker, detention limits, immigrants, immigration detention, refugees Leave a commentHow the UK immigration detention estate grew to over 4,000 spaces in less than half a century
Photo by James Gordon – Wikimedia Commons
Prisons in the press – 26 June
Posted: June 26, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: access, care, Pentonville, PITP, women in prison Leave a commentPentonville prison slammed in damning report and Scotland reveals alternatives for women
Scotland leads the way, promoting alternatives to super prisons. Source: Rhys A, Flickr
Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
Five British prisoners who committed suicide in solitary confinement
Posted: June 25, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: segregation, self-harm, suicide Leave a commentThe human cost of prison segregation units
Source: Chris Grey on Flickr
A prisoner with a history of depression and self-harm held in a segregation unit asked a guard for a book to occupy himself, but was told he could not have as the prison was on night watch. He was found dead in the morning.
Unfortunately his tragic case is not an isolated one. Last week we learnt that suicides among British prisoners held in solitary confinement are at their highest in nearly a decade. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Worst year ever’ for women’s centre funding, says industry chief
Posted: June 24, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: women, women in prison 2 CommentsWomen’s services suffering from cuts and staff leaving
Fears that women’s centres may be left on their own for funding. © prisonimage.org .
Funding for organisations working with women in the criminal justice system is under serious threat, according to the head of the industry body.
Women in prison: the stats unlocked
Posted: June 24, 2015 Filed under: Facts & stats | Tags: prison population, women in prison 8 CommentsWho are the women in our prisons are how did they get there?
A female prisoner just released from HMP Downview Women’s Prison is greeted by a volunteer to help her get to her destination. © Prisonimage.org
LIVE BLOG: women in the criminal justice system – mothers too
Posted: June 23, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: liveblog, news, prison alternatives, Prison News, prisons, women, women in prison 1 CommentWomen’s Breakout AGM and Re-Unite Network meeting
Organisations and professionals working with women offenders and ex-offenders today met at two principal events for the criminal justice sector.
Prisons in the press – 22 June
Posted: June 22, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: abuse, Michael Gove, ofsted, overcrowding, PITP 1 CommentOvercrowding hits headlines yet again and pyschological thriller makes the big screen
The controversial Stanford prison experiment, called off after just six days. Source: Brandon Burke, Flickr
Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
Prisons in the press – 12th June
Posted: June 12, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: cuts, education, overcrowding, PITP, prison population 1 CommentOvercrowding systematically underestimated and two prisoners make a break for it
Catch me if you can: The film based on Frank Abignale’s elaborate escape, one of the six greats featured by the Telgraph this week
Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
Britain’s prison population: the stats unlocked
Posted: June 11, 2015 Filed under: Facts & stats | Tags: cost, custodial sentences, prison population, reoffending 10 CommentsWhy does UK lock up more people than any other western European country?
The Royal Courts of Justice. The courts now sentence more people than ever to a term in prison
Between 1993 and 2014 the prison population in England and Wales increased by more than 40,000 people, that’s a 91 per cent rise. By June 2020 the prison population is projected to reach 90,200 in England and Wales.
Solitary confinement suicides in British prisons at 9-year high
Posted: June 10, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: mental health, Prison and Probation Ombudsman, segregation, self-harm, solitary confinement, suicide 1 CommentMore prisoners held in segregation units are taking their own lives
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Suicides among British prisoners held in solitary confinement are at their highest in nearly a decade. Many who have taken their own lives were identified by prison authorities as being at risk of self-harm or suicide. Read the rest of this entry »
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