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.
4th October 2004
Supporting the families of prisoners could significantly cut crime, according to international research.
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.
23rd September 2004
Three Strikes states see less drop in violent crime than "non-strike" states, says Justice Policy Institute.
22nd September 2004
"Using anti-social behaviour legislation on children is a nasty political trick. The government is seen to be doing something - but the real challenges are left unmet."
7th September 2004
The prison data cries out for an AIDS-prevention strategy that would encompass all of the nation's jails and prisons. At a minimum, the program would give inmates free and open access to condoms.
4th September 2004
A record number of inmates killed themselves in English jails last month, triggering concerns about the ill effects of the prison population rising so rapidly.
2nd September 2004
The nation's largest private prison corporation joins forces with conservative faith-based ministries.
24th August 2004
A report by a panel reviewing Pentagon detention operations criticizes top officials, but fails to address government policy that may have led to the mistreatment and torture of detainees, Human Rights Watch said today.
20th August 2004
Some U.S. military doctors in Iraq and Afghanistan betrayed their duty to patients by participating in and covering up the abuse of prisoners, a report in the British journal Lancet argues.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.