A California union’s decision to host a meeting about US policy towards Cuba has prompted a congressional probe and renewed attacks on international solidarity, writes CAMERON HARRISON
Labour in opposition promised reform on IPPs and joint enterprise sentencing – let’s get started!
Action for justice is needed as there are currently 3,000 prisoners behind bars under ‘Imprisonment for Public Protection,’ even though this type of sentence was abolished in 2012, argues KIM JOHNSON MP
EARLY RELEASES: Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, with prison governor Sarah Bott at HMP Bedford in Harpur, Bedfordshire last Friday, ahead of announcing plans to address prison overcrowding including reducing the time before some prisoners are automatically released
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
Long-term underfunding and state neglect, while simultaneously probation services have been undermined, have intensified the prison crises, argues SOLOMON HUGHES
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
With the agitated debate now raging in the media about the early release schemes, Prison Officers Association general secretary STEVE GILLAN gives the view of those who work in the sector
The hounding of the late Jason Arday is an all too familiar experience for many black people. ROGER McKENZIE calls for collective action to combat what can feel like personal isolation
BARELY two weeks since Labour swept to power, prison reform and the desperate need to tackle overcrowding has swept the headlines.
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned of the “total collapse” of the prison system and a “total breakdown of law and order” if urgent action is not taken. Thousands of prisoners are now due to be released early at the start of September.
All this shows there’s no time like the present to get started with some progressive reforms that will put an end to historic miscarriages of justice, improve the role and outcomes of the criminal justice system, and end the systemic overcrowding of prisons.
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The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
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