The £1 billion-plus savings announced by the Treasury could lead to a huge increase in a backlog of work
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Figures obtained by the Guardian, released after months of delay by the Home Office following a freedom of information
Figures obtained by the Guardian, released after months of delay by the Home Office following a freedom of information
The musical era of the 1990s was one filled with a variety of pop, rap and alternative music artists,
There would be understandable concern if prison officers generally used contemptuous language to prisoners. Some may do, but one
In a remark attributed to the former Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley, “complaints are jewels to be treasured.” What she
Towards the end of August, Conservative leader David Cameron, interviewed on BBC TV, responded to questions about crime and
As I write, the newscasters are bleating about overcrowding. Not in any rational way, but in the vein of
With a balaclava pulled over my face, and armed with a knife, I subjected the staff of a local
In view of recent correspondence in Inside Time regarding the Parole Board, and publicity in the media about its
Just over a month ago, on 30 September, Tony Steel died of a heart attack. He was 52. It
In this article an attempt is made to give a brief explanation of DNA profiling; it runs alongside a
Surely nobody has drifted through life and not committed a crime or done something they later regretted? Most are,
Some readers will know all about police use of undercover officers. Other readers may be painfully aware of so-called
Following an interview with a probation officer several months ago, I studied the report which followed with some interest
Some things have got better For prisoners: l More visits and more money for assisted visits as well as
Figures from the ‘Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody’ show that over 500 people die annually in prisons, police
In a copy of a letter from Lord Ramsbotham to Maria Eagle MP at the Ministry of Justice, sent
Poetry has a long tradition in prisons. In 1898, Oscar Wilde published his most famous verses: The Ballad of
I am becoming increasingly frustrated listening to fellow inmates expressing paranoid and frankly deluded ideas about the prison service,