10th September 2001
The private-prison industry is in trouble. For close to a decade, its business boomed and its stock prices soared. But then reality set in.
23rd August 2001
By Dr. Heino Stover and Carl von Ossietzky. © European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2001 (www.emcdda.org)
12th July 2001
Good evidence-based analysis of the \ (in)effectiveness of regsitries for sex offenders. Published by the John Howard Society of Ontario (www.johnhoward.on.ca).
30th May 2001
By Gordon Barclay, Cynthia Tavares and Arsalaan Siddique. This bulletin brings together statistical information on criminal justice collected by the Home Office and the Council of Europe.
30th April 2001
In a critical breakthrough for equal treatment of prisoners with HIV, Mississippi's top prison official today announced that educational and vocational programs will soon be available to all eligible prisoners, regardless of HIV status.
27th November 2000
Corporations are rushing to get in on the exploding growth of the prison-industrial complex. Will the WTO require nations to accept corporate prisons? From YES! Magazine, Fall 2000.
12th May 2000
Presentation delivered at the International Conference on Penal Abolition, Toronto, Canada.
17th March 2000
The "Race to Incarcerate" has not been fueled by an increase in homicides. Nor does increasing crime of any kind explain the explosive growth in our prison population, especially over the\ last two decades. Rather, it has been caused by deliberate policy changes that have brought more and longer prison sentences.
22nd February 2000
By Gordon C. Barclay & Cynthia Tavares. This bulletin brings together statistical information on criminal justice collected by the Home Office and the Council of Europe.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.