Prisons in parliament – 13 February
Posted: February 13, 2017 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs & alcohol, PIP, prisons in parliament, rehabilitation Leave a commentQuestions raised over fate of EU nationals and drug users in prisons
Question: What will happen to EU nationals after Brexit? Image: Mike Steele
Prisons in Parliament brings you up-to-date on the last week of politics and prisons. What’s been said? And by whom? Get it all here.
Legal aid cuts delaying rehabilitation in prison, court will hear
Posted: January 31, 2017 Filed under: News | Tags: court of appeal, self-harm, suicide, The Howard League for Penal Reform Leave a commentCuts are further obstacle to getting ready for release, say penal charities
Barrier: cuts are further obstacle to securing release, say penal reform groups. Photograph: x1klima
A case arguing that cuts to legal aid for prisoners are unfair and unlawful will be heard before the Court of Appeal today.
PWUK 2016 summer recess
Posted: August 1, 2016 Filed under: News Leave a commentParliament’s out!
School’s out: the House of Commons is in summer recess. Photograph: UK Parliament
Parliament’s out! The House of Commons is in recess for the summer – and as we’re all volunteers, we thought we would do the same.
We will be back in a few weeks’ time and we already have plenty of exciting stories in the pipeline.
See you soon.
Summer budget 2015: will it affect the prison system?
Posted: July 9, 2015 Filed under: News | Tags: budget 2015, George Osborne, Jackie Russell, Polly Neate, Refuge, women in prison, Women's Aid, Women's Breakout Leave a commentRefuge centre funding could help women that end up in prison
Tiles created by assault victims and other supporters of a women’s centre. Source: Cal OES .
Yesterday the chancellor, George Osborne, announced his summer budget. Key points were the introduction of a national living wage, changes to the inheritance tax system, and billions of cuts – or savings, depending on your perspective – to welfare over the next parliament. Ostensibly, there was little included that’s relevant to the world of prisons.
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