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CAMPAIGNERS are calling for the government to stamp out institutional racism in response to new figures showing that a high proportion of black, Asian and minority-ethnic (BAME) children were arrested last year.
Some 60 per cent of children arrested by the Metropolitan Police last year were from BAME backgrounds, the Howard League for Penal Reform has found.
This was the highest proportion recorded by any force in England and Wales, in a policing area with a 40 per cent BAME population, raising concerns of “severe” disproportionality in the justice system.
To quell the public anger and silence the far right, Labour has rushed out a report so that it can launch a National Inquiry — ANN CZERNIK examines Baroness Casey’s incendiary audit and finds fatal flaws that fail to 'draw a line' under the scandal as hoped
DIANE ABBOTT MP argues that Labour’s proposals contained in the recent white paper won’t actually bring down immigration numbers or win support from Reform voters — but they will succeed in making politics more nasty and poisonous
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society