Archive for July, 2009

Women dying in custody

We launched a campaign to prevent women dying in custody today and had a bit of a run about with the figures.В  So some explanation might be helpful.В  The main focus of our work over years has been how we could work to reduce the use of prison for women (and men) and prevent deaths.
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July 13, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Campaigns, Government policy, Howard League, Inside prisons, Self-injuring, Women in custody  One Comment

Popular attitudes to crime

This is the first post of my shiny new blog, re-designed so that it links with other news outlets and people can post their own responses to encourage debate.
What struck me today is the discussion on the Today Programme about what we think of bank robbers.В  My daughter went to see Public Enemies last night [...]

July 9, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Overcrowding, Sentencing  2 Comments