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South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Shaun Wright tried to excuse his failings over child abuse in Rotherham yesterday by saying the problem was as bad now as ever.
Before his election as PCC in 2012, Mr Wright was a Labour councillor in Rotherham for over a decade and had responsibility for children’s services from 2005 to 2010.
Answering public questions at South Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Panel yesterday, Mr Wright said that child sexual exploitation (CSE) levels were just as high as they were in the periods covered by the report that exposed the abuse.
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
AMANDA J QUICK warns about the ever-expanding influence of the sex industry – and the harm it unleashes on both the women involved and society collectively, especially the young