November 30, 2005: Probation - Government Cowardice, says Howard League
November 24, 2005: New
Licensing Laws
November 23, 2005:
Jailing the Mentally Ill
November
22, 2005: Widespread Public Ignorance Of Rape
November 21, 2005: Former Met Commissioner Calls for
Death Penalty
November 21,
2005: New Justice Inspectorate Planned
November
15, 2005: Gagging Chief Officers of Probation?
November 14, 2005: Prisons Failing on HIV & Hepatitis
C
November
9, 2005: Anniversary of Death Penalty Abolition
October 21, 2005: Crime Falling?
October
20, 2005: Privatising Probation: Napo's Response
October 20, 2005: Probation: 'Vibrant Mixed Economy' or Privatisation?
October 19, 2005: New 'Victims'
Code'
October 14,
2005: Napo Call: End Probation Crisis
November 30, 2005: Probation - Government Cowardice, says Howard League
The Howard League
for Penal Reform has condemned the government for producing proposals that
will result in the privatisation of community sentences and abolition of the
probation
service. Publishing a briefing paper... more
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November 24, 2005: New
Licensing Laws
Today is the start of a new licensing regime that introduces
tough new penalties for premises that are seen to fuel alcohol-related
disorder... more
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November 23, 2005:
Jailing the Mentally Ill
'Trouble Inside: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Men' is
a new Prison Reform
Trust (PRT) report. It concludes that many men who have serious mental
health problems slip through the net of care and end up in the prison system...
more
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November
22, 2005: Widespread Public Ignorance Of Rape
A new ICM opinion poll commissioned by
Amnesty International indicates that a
third (34%) of people in the UK believe that a woman is partially or totally
responsible for being raped if she has behaved in a flirtatious manner. The
poll... more
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November 21, 2005: Former Met Commissioner Calls for Death Penalty
Former Metropolitan Police
Commissioner Lord Stevens has called for capital punishment to be reinstated for
those who kill police officers. He was responding to the murder of WPC Sharon
Beshenivsky... more
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November 21,
2005: New Justice Inspectorate Planned
A plan to create a new organisation to inspect and review
standards across the whole of the criminal justice system has been published
today. The document is titled... more
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November
15, 2005: Gagging Chief Officers of Probation?
A leaked letter from
National
Probation Service Director Roger Hill to Chief Officers of Probation appears
to suggest that they are forbidden to lobby against the proposals to restructure
the Service... more
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November 14, 2005: Prisons Failing on HIV & Hepatitis C
Prisons provide inconsistent and often sub-standard healthcare
despite high levels of HIV and hepatitis among prisoners, according to a report
launched today by the
Prison Reform Trust (PRT) and... more
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November 9, 2005: Anniversary of Death Penalty Abolition
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the abolition of the death
penalty in the UK. The Howard League for
Penal Reform campaigned for abolition since its foundation in 1866...
more
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October 21, 2005: Crime Falling?
Crime in England and Wales fell by 5% in the 12 months to June
2005 according to latest British Crime Survey (BCS) findings...
more
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October 20, 2005: Privatising Probation: Napo's Response
Commenting today on the publication of the
Home Office’s consultation paper on
the Management of Offenders, Harry Fletcher, Assistant General Secretary of
probation union Napo said...
more
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October 20, 2005: Probation: 'Vibrant Mixed Economy' or Privatisation?
The Government has now published its consultation paper on the
future of probation in England and Wales, titled
“Restructuring Probation to Reduce Re-Offending”. The consultation paper
proposes... more
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October 19, 2005: New
'Victims' Code'
A new code that will give victims statutory rights for the
first time was laid before Parliament today. The
Code
of Practice for Victims of Crime sets out the services victims can expect to
receive from the criminal justice system including...
more
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October 14, 2005: Napo Call: End Probation Crisis
At its 93rd Annual General Meeting, probation union
Napo's chair Rob Thomas was highly
critical of Government plans for the National Offender Management Service and
opposed oppose moves to dismantle and privatise the Probation Service...
more
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