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Our criminal justice system in crisis – we need a royal commission
STEVE GILLAN explains why the POA is calling for a royal commission, with a wide range of voices, on the desperate state of our prisons system
NEIRLAY ANDRADE, a member of the Communist Party of Venezuela’s political committee, outlines her party’s position on the crisis facing the country
A look at Taylor Wimpey’s accounts shows why Labour’s market-led housing strategy won’t deliver more, cheaper homes, as promised, says SOLOMON HUGHES
DAVID HORSLEY remembers the remarkable life and death of US black revolutionary George Jackson, whose politically passionate prison letters were published as Soledad Brother
Cuban trade union federation CTC leader OSNAY MIGUEL COLINA speaks to Ben Chacko about life and work under a crippling US siege
A part of the British empire’s network of slavery, today the Caribbean island of Nevis faces a new form of exploitation in the form of crypto-colonialism, CLAUDIA WEBBE writes
Challenges from the unscrupulous misuse of AI to steal actors’ voice and physical likenesses is being met with a firm union response, writes LYNDA ROOKE
THE escape from Wandsworth prison is a timely reminder of how far the criminal justice system has fallen.
The Prison Officers Association at this year’s TUC Congress in Liverpool will be calling for a royal commission into the whole criminal justice system from probation, courts, policing and prisons.
There seems to be much more interest in prisons among the public, press and politicians since some high-profile incidents — and that can only be a good thing in getting our message across regarding the savage cuts that our service has endured since the austerity cuts which we have not recovered from.
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