Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King’s College London.
Korea rules death penalty legal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8536355.stm
Man left in prison cell with corpse for 16 hours (Ireland)
Prison’s healthcare has ‘alarming problems’
Intensive fostering offers an alternative for young offenders
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/public_sector/article7041396.ece
Will there ever be an end to the Guyana Prison Service’s problems?
PHILIPPINES: Overcrowding fuels TB in prisons
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88241
Immigration bosses to be quizzed after asylum seekers were ‘beaten’ by guards
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/28/yarls-wood-assaults
£140,000: the annual cost of jailing a young criminal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/01/jail-young-offenders-rehabilitation
Legal challenge over Yarl’s Wood women
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/01/yarls-wood-legal-challenge
The parties’ woolly thinking is putting our human rights at risk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/01/human-rights-uk-debate-reform
Knife prison plan not ‘effective’ (Scotland)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8541853.stm
Inmates advised on early release options
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/inmates-advised-on-early-release-options-1913870.html
Spain’s ‘guardian angels’ help reduce prison suicides
Welsh Assembly members call for devolution of young offender institutions
http://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/987063/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletin
The real distress at Yarl’s Wood
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/mar/01/yarls-wood-condition-visit
Paedophile found hanged in cell
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/paedophile-found-hanged-in-cell-1914504.html
Youth prisons have only 11 special needs experts
http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Education/987283/Youth-prisons-11-special-needs-experts/
Impact of parent’s jail term on children ‘should be factor’ (Scotland)
Youth jail education provider set to wield axe
http://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/987289/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletin
The Human Rights Act does protect us
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/mar/02/human-rights-act
IPCC chair new prison inspector
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8547213.stm
More than 150 children convicted of crimes every day
Keep young offenders out of adult courts, says panel (Scotland)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7047327.ece
Prison is praised for major improvements
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485984
Turkmen Leader Calls For Liberalizing Criminal Code
http://www.rferl.org/content/Turkmen_Leader_Calls_For_Liberalizing_Criminal_Code/1973251.html
Bill Keeping Moms From Prison Passes (US)
http://www.koco.com/politics/22721071/detail.html
Only 11 Percent of Prison Inmates Receive Treatment (US)
http://dryspace.org/2010/03/02/only-11-percent-of-prison-inmates-receive-treatment/
Rwanda: Police, Prisons Sign Performance Contracts
http://allafrica.com/stories/201003030096.html
Prison service ‘cannot cope with indefinite sentences’
Separate Block For Prison-Babies (Ghana)
http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/39518.php
Ring the Alarm: Brazil’s Prison System in Serious Trouble
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juan-e-m/ring-the-alarm-brazils-pr_b_483744.html
Young people’s rehab centre forced to close
http://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/988007/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletin