1st February 2006
Press release from Mental Health Alternatives to Solitary Confinement
11th January 2006
Committee of Ministers adopts new recommendation
9th January 2006
Bipartisan legislation passed Senate on December 15; awaits Governor's signature
13th December 2005
Modernizing laws would protect sex workers' health and human rights, says Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
18th November 2005
Simon Corbell, Health Minister for the ACT, has confirmed that a needle exchange trial is to be considered for the new ACT prison.
16th November 2005
Jailing offenders under the age of 23 is counterproductive as it increases the likelihood that they will commit more serious crimes, researchers said today.
16th November 2005
The Commission looked at what could be achieved by way of different approaches to this age group in the future, with regard to prevention of crime, support to individuals and developing greater community trust in the justice system.
14th November 2005
Prisoners should be supplied with free condoms and given access to a needle-exchange system in an effort to combat soaring rates of hepatitis C and HIV among inmates, a report says today.
2nd November 2005
A former Labour minister called for the contracts of two privately run child jails to be terminated yesterday after they refused access to a Home Office team investigating their use of physical restraint techniques on teenage inmates.
31st October 2005
Claudia Cahalane reports on the campaign group trying to secure equality - and safety - for gay male prisoners.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.