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Published in: Shine A LightA call for better prison policy in a time of austerityAs prisoner numbers soar in England and Wales MPs express grave concerns about rising suicides and increased assaults.
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Published in: TransformationRape culture: would prison abolition help women?What would transformative justice for survivors look like? Part of Transformation's prison abolition series.
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Published in: HomeMurder in GuantanamoRon Ridenhour became a famous journalist, with an annual prize for bravery awarded in his name after his early death...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A silent cry in the crowded streets of BilbaoOnce again, thousands have marched in the city of Bilbao to protest the "policy of dispersal" against Basque...
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Published in: TransformationThere is no such thing as prison reform: an interview with CeCe McDonaldCeCe McDonald was sent to prison for defending herself against a hate crime. On the one year anniversary of her...
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Published in: oDRWorking in the GulagRussia’s Prison Service, the FSIN, wants to put inmates’ employment on a more businesslike footing, but their...
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Published in: 50.50Women in prison: the cycle of violenceMost women in prison in Britain have experienced sexual or domestic violence, yet the system fails to address their...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe national shame that is healthcare in UK immigration detentionFour years ago G4S was involved in the unlawful killing of an immigration detainee called Jimmy Mubenga. Now they're...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaClawing at the sky: fighting for political prisoners in Syria"It is the most monstrous thing they can do to the Syrian people”. Fadwa Mahmoud, mother, wife and comrade to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA letter from AlaaAlaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent Egyptian blogger and activist, was arrested on 28 November 2013. This is a letter he...
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Published in: 50.50Women's 'secure estate': Does the punishment fit the crime ?
Incarceration is emblematic of women’s confined and marginalised position in society. Reducing women’s imprisonment...
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Published in: HomeExtraordinary rendition and secret prisons in the context of the Arab Spring
Would it be too naive to hope that the Arab Spring might have a positive impact on our ability to hold, and tenacity...
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Published in: oDROutcasts — inmates of the Black Eagle
In Stalin’s time there were nearly a hundred GULag camps in Ivdel. Today, the maximum security penal colony FBU-IK...
