13th April 2005
A prisoner who claims that the refusal of the prison service to introduce a needle exchange policy represents a real and immediate risk to his life has started legal proceedings against the home secretary.
7th April 2005
An analysis of the first six years of the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders in England.
2nd April 2005
The Government's flagship criminal justice measure, the anti-social behaviour order (Asbo), is being widely misused by police and local authorities, MPs have been warned.
17th March 2005
Groundbreaking report by the American Civil Liberties Union, Break the Chains: Communities of Color and the War on Drugs, and the Brennan Center for Justice focuses on the impact of the drug war on women and families in the United States
9th March 2005
This study investigated symptoms of distress and nicotine dependence as predictors of nicotine withdrawal symptoms among 188 incarcerated male smokers during a mandated smoking ban.
2nd March 2005
The U.S Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Constitution forbids the execution of killers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes, ending a practice used in 19 states.
2nd March 2005
Published by the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, McCormack Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston.
28th February 2005
An in depth look at past research on Arizona private prison cost studies concludes that research used to justify the expansion of private prisons is methodologically flawed, outdated, and in one case, discredited by the researcher's financial ties to the private prison industry. Published by the Private Corrections Institute.
20th February 2005
At 10:00 on 20 February 2005, activists of the Russian FrontAIDS movement blocked the entrance to the Ministry of Justice to draw attention to the problems of people living with HIV in prisons.
31st January 2005
New report from The Sentencing Project in Washington DC.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.