Lauren Crosby Medlicott is a freelance writer living in Wales who reports on women's rights around the world.
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureThe mental health crisis in women’s prisons
Experts slam the government’s £1.5m plan to create more jail places in England as prisoners’ self-harm rates soar
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Published in: Home: Feature‘It left a scar on me’: Locked up in the UK’s women-only immigration centre
A year after Derwentside detention centre opened, one woman reveals the impact that being held there had on her
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Published in: Home: NewsA crisis in a crisis: How charity workers are struggling to make ends meet
Those responsible for helping the UK’s most vulnerable say they are having to turn to food banks
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisThe UK’s Nationality and Borders Act penalises women. Here’s how
Kidnapped, imprisoned and raped – but new legislation means this asylum seeker fears she could be deported
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisStop punishing sex worker mums by taking kids away, demand activists
Call to decriminalise sex work and support women in need rather than labelling them ‘unfit’ because of their work