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Committee passes death penalty repeal bill

Committee passes death penalty repeal bill

A bill that would abolish the state's death penalty for all future cases and replace the punishment with life imprisonment has passed its first round of votes in the General…

Death penalty proponents, foes testify at marathon hearing on repeal

Death penalty proponents, foes testify at marathon hearing on repeal

For the third time since 2009, the legislature's judiciary committee on Wednesday pondered the fate of Connecticut's death penalty, but those who want to abolish capital punishment believe this may…

Death in prison custody 2011 published

Death in prison custody 2011 published

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that there were 57 apparent self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales during 2011. Crispin Blunt, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State…

Increase in use of force at privately run young offender institution

Increase in use of force at privately run young offender institution

A huge increase in the use of force to restrain teenage boys at a privately run young offender institution has been sharply criticised by the chief inspector of prisons. Nick…

Women’s prisons in desperate need of reform, says former governor

Women’s prisons in desperate need of reform, says former governor

One of the country's most experienced prison governors has condemned the use of short-term sentences that put thousands of women behind bars each year. In a letter to the justice…

‘Black people get longer prison sentences [US] than white people’

‘Black people get longer prison sentences [US] than white people’

African-American's receive up to 60 percent longer prison sentences than their white counter parts, a new academic study has revealed. The research by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of…

Clegg falling short on promise over young immigrants

Clegg falling short on promise over young immigrants

Nick Clegg has still not fulfilled a promise to stop any child being held in an immigration centre, it emerged yesterday as the Home Office announced 17 young people were…

Ken Clarke sparks anger with opposition to longer jail terms

Ken Clarke sparks anger with opposition to longer jail terms

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke risked the ire of some of his own party’s backbenchers today by claiming that sending more people to prison for longer sentences in order to cut…