Secure video calls will be introduced to prisons and young offender institutions (YOIs) across England and Wales to maintain vital family contact for prisoners and young offenders during the... Read more
Governor Jared Polis has signed a bill to repeal the death penalty. The measure passed the Democratic legislature with limited bipartisan support earlier this spring and was sent to him befo... Read more
The Prisoners’ Advice Service has asked the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) last week to release groups of prisoners in order to lessen the impact of coronavirus in the penal estate. They have don... Read more
Earlier this week, the BBC released an article on their ‘newsbeat’ page in which they had spoken to who was 11 when her mum was sent to prison. Her 23-year-old sister (with a baby of her own... Read more
TBIJ News reports that a new algorithmic tool for categorising prisoners in UK jails risks automating and embedding racism in the system, experts and advocacy groups have warned. Read more
Two year-end movies offer a solid, complementary one-two punch on the issues of the death penalty and criminal justice involving African-Americans, even though one, "Just Mercy," is based on... 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
Aboriginal women are the largest cohort of prisoners in Australia, despite making up only 2 percent of the population. Vicki Roach, activist and former prisoner said; "We are all demeaned an... Read more
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She was the last woman hanged in the UK after being convicted of shooting her lover to death. And a director/producer in Los Angeles, and a cameraman/videographer, are teaming up to tell her... Read more
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The ageing jail population has left prison officers providing care for growing older inmates officers have said. The warning from the Prison Officers' Association came as new figures reveale... Read more
