UK immigration detention centres mapped
Posted: September 30, 2015 Filed under: Detention Centres, News | Tags: detention centres, immigration detention, immigration removal centres, map Leave a commentWhere are they, how big are they and who runs them?
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Some of the many refugees seeking safety in Europe may one day find themselves unfortunate enough to be locked in a UK immigration detention centre. But where are these centres and how many people do they hold?
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Prisons in Parliament – 28th September
Posted: September 28, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: Legal aid, PIP, the prison estate, voting Leave a commentLegal aid and voting rights: the big debates coming up next month
Parliament is in recess, so this week we bring you a calendar of dates for your political diary.
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Thursday 15 October:
- The ninth report from the Justice Committee on Prisons: planning and policies is up for debate. This is the first major inquiry on prisons planning and policies in this Parliament. The impact of the Government’s programme of reforms and efficiency savings across the prison estate will come under scrutiny. Definitely one to watch out for.
- Legal aid is on the agenda. The eighth report from the Justice Committee on the impact of changes to civil legal aid under part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 The impact of spending cuts to the legal aid budget will be discussed.
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Friday 30 October:
- Convicted Prisoners Voting Bill. This is the Bill’s second reading. It is a Bill to make provision for rules relating to the exclusion of convicted prisoners from participation in Parliamentary and Local Elections.
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The house will next sit on 12 October.
Prisons in the press – 25 September
Posted: September 25, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: deaths in custody, overcrowding, PITP, prisons in the press, staffing, The Howard League for Penal Reform, violence Leave a commentDeaths, protests and illegal sound recordings
A ground breaking prosecution for musical inmates this week. Image: Global Panorama
Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
Prisons in Parliament – 21 September
Posted: September 22, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: education, healthcare, PIP, reoffending Leave a commentEducation, reoffending and dental hygiene: some teething topics up for debate
Prisons in Parliament is back! Bringing you up-to-date on the last week of politics and prisons. What’s been said? And by whom? Find out here…
Prisons in the press – 18 September
Posted: September 18, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: HM Inspectorate of Prisons, HMIP, HMP Chelmsford, IMB, Independent Monitoring, PITP, prisons in the press, The Verne Leave a commentGuards dump a body in a van, healthcare for sex offenders ‘inadequate’
The latest Immigration Removal Centre made a splash this week.
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 – 11 September
Posted: September 11, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: Attacks on prison staff, deaths in custody, drugs & alcohol, Michael Gove, Nick Hardwick, PITP, staffing Leave a commentOfficers rushed to hospital and the Prince is sent to prison
Royal sent to HMP Highpoint South. Image: UK Parliament
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 – 4 September
Posted: September 4, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: Chief Inspector, deaths in custody, PITP, sex, super prison Leave a commentSex, deaths and protests in this week’s news
Model prisoner? Well, not quite. Read to the end of article to find out. (Source: The Mirror)
You won’t believe how life repeats itself
Posted: September 2, 2015 Filed under: Comment | Tags: Eric Allison, HMP Strangeways, Jeremy Wright, Prison Reform Trust, The Shannon Trust Leave a commentThings change, but literacy will always have the same power, writes Eric Allison
Life has habit of coming full circle, writes Eric Allison. Photograph: Steve Grant.
They say that life goes in circles and the older I get, the more it seems to ring true.
When I ended my last prison sentence, a few days before the millennium, I walked out of Sudbury Prison on the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire . Read the rest of this entry »
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How many more deaths will it take
Posted: September 23, 2015 | Author: Eric Allison | Filed under: Comment | Tags: Cookham Wood, Deborah Coles, Eric Allison, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, HMP Eastwood Park, HMP Styal, Inquest, Natasha Evans, YOI | 1 CommentThe treatment of female prisoners has seen some improvements, but women are still dying
Shackling women rarely works, writes Eric Allison. Photograph: Steven Depolo
There is not much sunshine in my working life. Writing about prisons doesn’t give one a lot to smile about. Read the rest of this entry »