Of course squatters are up in arms against the passing of a law that would criminalize squatting in residential properties. But will parliament also ignore opposition from legal experts, homelessness charities and the police?
Close Supervision Centres in three prisons hold Britain’s most troublesome prisoners. The partner of one inmate claims the system fails inmates and society
How ‘rolling back the state’ enriches and empowers a few big commercial outsourcers
Fairness, justice and common sense demand government commitment to reading and writing in prison
Howard League analysis shows just how harmful supersizing and overcrowding can be
Criminals are to be stopped from making claims for injuries, but criminals may be victims too.
The partner of an abuse survivor convicted of killing a suspected paedophile calls for longer sentences for sexual offences against children
Warehousing troubled children in large prisons does not work.
A documentary-maker explores the experience of male older prisoners.
Since Stephen Lawrence died in London in 1993, the Institute of Race Relations has recorded 96 racist murders in Britain.
The UK government says it wants to end abuse against women and girls but at the same time it is cutting vital funding to organisations in the front line. In London last weekend, the FEM 11 conference called for a new political strategy and for better funding of women’s services. Ray Filar was ther
