International News
"A generation of troubled youngsters 'criminalised'" by Sophie Goodchild and Andrew Johnson, The Independent (UK)
31st October 2004
There are no exact figures, but as many as one in three children in English youth jails are there for breaching an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ABSO).
Ontario Doctors Call for Needle Exchange Program in Prisons
27th October 2004
Ontario Medical Association says clean needles needed to keep public safe from rising HIV and hepatitis C infection rates.
"Improving Our Health: Why is Canada lagging behind in establishing needle exchange programs in prisons?"
27th October 2004
Position paper from the Ontario Medical Association calls for the implementation prison syringe exchange programs across Ontario.
"Addicted inmates may get needles" - BBC News
17th October 2004
Drug-using prisoners may be given clean needles under a scheme being considered by the Scottish Prison Service.
Correctional Service Canada to undertake Safer Tattooing Practices Initiative
14th October 2004
From Canadian HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review, Volume 9, Number 2, August 2004. Published by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
U.S. Detained al-Qaeda Suspects "Disappeared", says Human Rights Watch
12th October 2004
At least 11 al-Qaeda suspects have "disappeared" in U.S. custody, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. U.S. officials are holding the detainees in undisclosed locations, where some have reportedly been tortured.
"The human cost of zero tolerance" by Ronan Bennett, The Guardian
11th October 2004
Joseph Scholes was a disturbed 16-year-old with a history of self-harming. Lawyers, social workers and psychiatrists said he was a high suicide risk. So why was he sent to prison for a minor street crime?
WHO Policy Brief: Reduction of HIV Transmission in Prisons
11th October 2004
Joint policy brief from the World Health Organization, UNAIDS and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime supports provision of syringe exchange, bleach, methadone and condoms in prisons.
"Prison visits 'cut reoffending'" -- BBC News
4th October 2004
Supporting the families of prisoners could significantly cut crime, according to international research.
"Plan to sell off juvenile jails as job lot" by Alan Travis, The Guardian
1st October 2004
The government is to put out to tender all its dedicated juvenile jails that hold children under 18 in a departure in Whitehall's privatisation programme, the Guardian has learned.
