The prison industrial complex has been one of the main beneficiaries of drug prohibition in the US. Since the Reagan administration, many prisons have become privatized, making a highly-profitable business of incarcerating people. The exponential increase in the prison population is a byproduct of
Depriving an individual of their liberty for administrative convenience risks breaching international human rights principles says United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Around one in every 2000 people entering the UK between June 2010 and November 2011 got in on just a visual check of ID papers. So?
PM invites unidentified supporters of Health and Social Care Bill to No 10
How ‘rolling back the state’ enriches and empowers a few big commercial outsourcers
In a letter to The Lancet 154 leading paediatricians call on the government to drop the Health and Social Care Bill
Last Saturday, singer Whitney Houston died at the age of 48. The toxicology reports are yet to be completed, but it's reported her death was caused by a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol. Houston struggled for years with her addiction to both legal and illicit substances. Her tragic de
While teaching students about the architecture of his native Perm, Roman Yushkov has seen many of the Russian city’s finest buildings become history. He laments their passing, criticises the officials who let it happen, and wonders what the future holds for a place with no visible past.
Lynette Shaw was the owner of the very first legal cannabis dispensary in the State of California, which she opened in Fairfax in the early 1990s. A key figure in the fight to legalize medical cannabis, Shaw's life as an activist began when her home was raided by police, after a dealer turned her
The Home Office claims all immigration custody officers now carry anti-ligature knives — after years of urging by HM Inspector of Prisons
Fairness, justice and common sense demand government commitment to reading and writing in prison
