No, to custody deaths ...
No officers convicted of a death in custody in the UK since 1969
No, to all injustices ...
Campaigners vow to keep up the pressure to protest all injustices
originally published by: AOL News
17th August 2010
In an article recently on AOL News, Paul Wachter posed the question: Will Obama take on prison reform? That’s a great question. It would be hard to predict what Obama actually will do, but this is certain: President Barack Obama absolutely should take on prison reform. It is a moral and practical necessity.
The problems with today’s prisons are well documented. Conditions are deplorable. Here are a few facts:
In short, the system is not working.
But improving prison conditions faces two big challenges: tight budgets and the unpopularity of compassion for those in prison.