Young, autistic and imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit
The UK’s joint enterprise law – abolished in 2016 – means that Alex Henry is serving a 19-year jail sentence for throwing a mobile phone and a punch.
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Natalie Bennett: As coronavirus takes hold in jails, it’s time to free prisoners
The former Green Party leader on prisons and immigration detention centres amid the coronavirus crisis.
Syrians die at a rate of ten per day in Assad’s prisons
Amnesty International report finds ‘systematic torture’ by Assad regime
Four regressive things the coalition has done to the criminal justice system
The Guardian reported this week that prison governors have been ordered to cut costs by £149m a year. Cuts aren’t the only regressive thing the coalition are doing to the criminal justice system, however.
Making the rehabilitation revolution a reality
The Howard League for Penal Reform outline the evidence they gave to the Justice Affairs Select Committee, which they have been allowed to publish today.
Should prisoners be allowed to vote?
The government must make a decision quickly and correctly over the issue of voting rights for prisoners or risk further law suits, writes the Howard League’s Stephen Gummer.