The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has published the report on its visit to the UK, in May 2019, and response of... Read more
Following the latest statistics on prison deaths in England, Ali Cloak considers the findings and explores the inequality of funding for families in prison inquests. the number of deaths in... Read more
“When those folks are on the sidelines when black and brown bodies are being killed in our midst, it leaves a community feeling devalued, like they don’t matter," said licensed social worker... Read more
On 22 January INQUEST published a report exposing dangerous, longstanding failures across the prison estate and historically high levels of deaths in custody. This national scandal offers un... Read more
The Home Secretary’s role in approving police use of less lethal weapons has been strengthened, in the first change to the firearms code for 17 years. The new code brings greater clarity to... Read more
The 2019 annual report of the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) paints a picture of US capital punishment withering on the vine yet continuing to display shocking flaws and injustices. Read more
Netpol has called the first major review of operational policing of public order and protest in almost a decade “fundamentally misguided” and has challenged the National Police Chiefs Counci... Read more
Indigenous deaths in custody have worsened in the 12 months since Guardian Australia released its Deaths Inside project, with 17 more deaths recorded since August last year. Read more
Introduction by 4WardEverUK - "Although the articles featured on this page are a few years old, we felt it important to give this debate further exposure once more, and ask; "How can a condi... Read more
"To date there have been 1717 deaths in police custody or otherwise following contact with the police in England & Wales since 1990" Source: INQUEST casework and monitoring team. Read more
