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
Nigerian Prisons: Death traps or reform centres?
Prisons in Nigeria are dehumanising. Olaolu Olusina, with additional reports from Davidson Iriekpen and Chiemele Ezeobi, examine the state of the nation’s prisons as well as the various attempts at…
Connecticut abolishes death penalty
Capital punishment has been abolished in Connecticut, the 17th state to end executions. Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the legislation this afternoon, without a public ceremony, the Waterbury American-Republican reports from…
How can the prison service move on if it won’t apologise for child abuse?
As prisons correspondent for the Guardian, I have covered many stories that have angered me. It could hardly be otherwise, writing as I am about a penal system that fails…
‘A true horror story’: The abuse of teenage boys in a detention centre
"My name's Kevin Raymond Young and I'm 52 years old." There's something desperate about the way Young says it, as if he's clinging to the wreckage of his identity. Young…
Staff deporting foreigners out of UK ‘loutish and aggressive’
The private company hired by the government to deport foreign nationals has decided to place its own guards under surveillance after concluding that some lack respect for ethnic minorities and…
Linda Carty urges UK to prevent execution
The British Government has said it is doing all it can the save the life of a British grandmother who has spent 11 years on Death Row in the United…
Connecticut may be the latest state to repeal the death penalty
The Connecticut Senate on Thursday voted to repeal the death penalty, setting the stage for Connecticut to join several states that have recently abolished capital punishment.…
Supermax – torture in US prisons
Solitary confinement is commonplace in US prisons. Most US states have over the last 30 years introduced specialised new segregation facilities, often referred to as "supermax." Around 80,000 people are…
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Cameron Todd Willingham exoneration was written but never filed by Texas judge
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Brother of murdered detective speaks of report hope
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IPCC: is it time to put down police’s pet watchdog?
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PC Alex MacFarlane denies riots race abuse charge
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On The Web (Issue No23)
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Justice on trial…
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Event: Protest for Gary McKinnon
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De Menezes memorial unveiled
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FREE websites for affected families
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Adam Rickwood & The Medomsley Heroes
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Police criticised over cocaine custody death
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St Peter’s Borstal – Bill Maloney investigates
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Wesley Ahmed on Facebook: Family of man shot dead by Police ‘in limbo’ over investigation
Zinzi Eka-Naphtali on Facebook: United Families Network: get involved…
Bev Hamilton-Di Luci on Facebook: Family of Trayvon meet Stephen Lawrence’s mother
Susan Alexander på Facebook: Connecticut abolishes death penalty
