G4S appoints “new leadership” at Rainsbrook: the man in charge when Gareth Myatt, 15, was restrained to death, the man who told an inquest he hadn’t read the restraint manual.
When someone dies in a mental health unit in England or Wales, there is currently no obligation to carry out an independent inquiry.
Caught in a collision of unemployment, precarious jobs and reduced public services. Part three of our series on the housing crisis: Losing your home.
After caring for his elderly mother a 50-year-old builder faces eviction from a council flat. Part two of our three part series on Coalition Britain’s housing crisis.
Growing numbers of working class people face the nightmare of eviction. Part one of a three part series on housing in Coalition Britain.
A leading advocate for penal reform assesses the parties’ manifestos.
Reporter who takes time to listen acutely to people at the sharp end of government policy is one of six shortlisted for political journalism prize.
The evidence suggests that people care about access to justice. Politicians should listen to the people.
Government reforms put prisoners and staff at risk. A frontline officer talks to Prison UK’s Alex Cavendish. (See also How to survive in prison, by a former inmate).
Amid a crisis of suicides and assaults across prisons in England and Wales, one former inmate offers advice on staying safe. (See also: Danger, overcrowding, no time to talk: a UK prison officer speaks out).
The British Government is opposed to the death penalty “in all circumstances” . . . Except when it’s not.
In youth justice, time and again, adults let children down, says Just for Kids Law.
