Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King’s College London.
Prisoners’ votes aren’t a trivial cause
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/feb/13/prisoners-voting-rights
Gordon Brown set to end early jail release scheme
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/14/gordon-brown-early-jail-release
‘Giant’ prison plans are scrapped
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8512757.stm
Offenders help flood-hit Cumbria
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8513060.stm
Former inmate wins cancer ruling
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8512807.stm
Hunger strikers moved to prison
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8514273.stm
Work starts on new Low Moss jail (Scotland)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8515821.stm
Prisoner admits torturing and hanging cellmate
Locked up indefinitely: The prisoners who have committed no crime
‘Education with fences’ seen as youth jail model
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/443ea2c8-19d1-11df-af3e-00144feab49a.html
Guruve prison inmates hired out to Zanu pf officials (Zimbabwe)
http://www.zimeye.org/?p=13324
El Salvador ups prison time for juvenile offenders
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1180290&lang=eng_news
What keeps prisoners from learning?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/16/short-sentence-prisoner-education
Paraguayan judges: Overcrowded prison must close
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1181784&lang=eng_news
Coop societies to bring turnaround in state prisons (India)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5578316.cms
Young offenders face sentencing lottery, say critics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/feb/15/youth-courts-sentencing-postcode-lottery
Young offenders to make amends through ‘punishments’ set by their community
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/feb/17/young-offenders-local-community-punishments
Yarl’s Wood children face ‘extreme distress’, report reveals
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/17/yarls-wood-children-extreme-distress
Jurors ‘struggle on legal issues’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8519138.stm
Prison slammed after mother found hanged
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Prison-slammed-after-mother-found.6078526.jp
Sheriff’s warning on jail staff after inmate’s suicide (Scotland)
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Sheriff39s-warning-on-jail-staff.6075084.jp
Conditions at Glen Parva young offenders’ jail are ‘deplorable’
Eight per cent of offenders released in 2009 ended up back in jail (Cyprus)
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/eight-cent-offenders-released-2009-ended-back-jail/20100217
Foreign prisoners to be sent to Haverigg
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/foreign_prisoners_to_be_sent_to_haverigg_1_672884?referrerPath=news
Haiti: the ICRC rehabilitates damaged national prison
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SVAN-82QMF7?OpenDocument
Locking up so many a crime, say retired judges (Australia)
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/locking-up-so-many-a-crime-say-retired-judges-20100216-o8zi.html