6th October 2005
The ECHR has upheld a 2004 decision in favour of prisoner voting rights.
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.
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.
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.
1st September 2005
Prison cells will soon be designated as "smoking" or "non-smoking" and criminals will be given a choice of rooms when they are convicted.
30th August 2005
Provides current, objective and empirically-based information to inform the implementation of policies and programs for promoting the reduction of harms associated with substance abuse in Canada.
9th August 2005
Almost one third of Scotland's prisoners are using drugs at the time of their release. "These figures clearly show that prisons are not best equipped to treat the problem of drug addiction," says SNP.
4th August 2005
Evidence from other states shows that comprehensive smoking bans may be a cure worse than any disease.
29th July 2005
The goal of this research was to qualitatively examine HIV risk associated with injecting inside British Columbia prisons.
28th July 2005
A private prison was yesterday described as "unsafe", with prisoners bullying staff, and drugs, knives and alcohol freely available.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.