May 27, 2005:
Illicit Drug Use in England and Wales
May
25, 2005: Number of Offenders Recalled to Prison Trebles
May 24, 2005: DPP Advocates Murder Law Reform
May 13, 2005: Lord Woolf: Probation is "Key to Tackling Reoffending"
May 9, 2005: ‘Manslaughter By Reason Of Provocation’: New Draft Guidelines
April 29, 2005:
Prison Population Hits Record High
April 25, 2005: Probation Union Napo Calls for End to Tagging
April
19, 2005: Howard League Inquiry on Children in Prison
April
4, 2005: New Call for Sentenced Prisoners to Get the Vote
May 27,
2005: Illicit Drug Use in England and Wales
A new research report, ‘Drug Misuse Declared: Findings from
the 2003/04 British Crime Survey’ just published by the
Home Office illuminates the extent
of illicit drug use among 16 to 59 year olds in England and Wales in 2003/04.
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May
25, 2005: Number of Offenders Recalled to Prison Trebles
The number of offenders being recalled to prison after being released on licence
in the community has more than trebled in the last five years, according to
'Recycling Offenders Through Prison', a new report from the
Prison Reform Trust.
The number is set to increase... more
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May 24, 2005: DPP
Advocates Murder Law Reform
Director of Public Prosecutions
(DPP) Ken Macdonald has advocated reform of current murder laws...
more
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May 14, 2005: Prison Population Hits Another Record High
The prison population has hit yet another record high, a
fortnight after the previous record... more
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May
13, 2005: Lord Woolf: Probation is "Key to Tackling Reoffending"
Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, delivered the Cambridge
University Institute of Criminology's
first Radzinowicz Lecture, on 'Making Sense of Sentencing', yesterday. Lord
Woolf stated that it was critical what happens to the offender following
sentence... more
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May 9, 2005: ‘Manslaughter By Reason Of Provocation’: New Draft Guidelines
The Sentencing
Guidelines Council (SGC) has published draft guidelines for judges dealing
with cases where offenders are found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder,
on the basis they were severely provoked. The draft guidelines...
more
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April 29,
2005: Prison Population Hits Record High
There are no votes to be had in appearing to be soft on crime,
so it may not be a major focus for public debate that the prison population in
England and Wales has hit a new record high. Figures released today by
HM Prison Service indicate that
we are now imprisoning 75,324 inmates... more
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April 25, 2005: Probation Union Napo Calls for End to Tagging
Probation Union Napo has called for the
scrapping of the electronically monitored curfew order which is administered by
private security companies. In a briefing paper, Napo argues that the
electronically monitored curfew order... more
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April 19, 2005: Howard League Inquiry on Children in Prison
A year after the death of 15 year old, Gareth Myatt, who died
whilst being restrained by staff at Rainsbrook secure training centre, The
Howard League for Penal Reform
has today called for evidence as part of a major national independent
Inquiry
into the treatment of children in penal institutions...
more
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April 4, 2005: New Call for Sentenced Prisoners to Get the Vote
Sentenced prisoners are currently barred from voting. A
coalition of politicians, church leaders, ex-offenders, human rights groups and
prison reformers is calling for sentenced prisoners to be given the vote in the
forthcoming UK general election. The Barred from Voting campaign organised by
the Prison Reform Trust and Unlock, the national association of ex-offenders...
more
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