International News
First for Australia - needle exchange program for ACT prison: Press release from the Australian Hepatitis C Council
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.
"Don't jail under-23s, say researchers", The Guardian
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.
Lost in Transition: A Report of the Barrow Cadbury Commission on Young Adults and the Criminal Justice System
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.
"Call for free condoms to combat spread of HIV in prisons" by Eric Allison and Paul Lewis, The Guardian
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.
"Home Office inquiry team barred from privately run child prisons" by Alan Travis, The Guardian
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.
"Unlocking equal rights" by Claudia Cahalane, The Guardian
31st October 2005
Claudia Cahalane reports on the campaign group trying to secure equality - and safety - for gay male prisoners.
European Court of Human Rights Decision in Hirst v. UK (2005)
6th October 2005
The ECHR has upheld a 2004 decision in favour of prisoner voting rights.
"UK prisoners should get vote, European court rules" by Simon Jeffery, The Guardian
6th October 2005
Laws setting out who can and cannot take part in elections are to be rewritten after the European court of human rights today ruled in favour of giving British prisoners the right to vote.
"Offenders who default on fines spared jail" by Michael Howie, The Scotsman
3rd October 2005
Thousands of offenders who fail to pay their fines will be spared jail under moves likely to be approved by ministers to tackle record prison numbers.
"SNP set to back call for cut in Scotland's jail population" by Ian Swanson, The Scotsman
21st September 2005
Scottish Nationalists were today expected to back a call for prison to be used only for serious offenders while petty criminals are given sentences in the community.
