Hundreds of people have died in custody in Britain over the last 30+ years. A disproportionate number of these were African-Caribbean men. Between 1969 and 1999 over one thousand people died... Read more
Antone De'Jaun Davis-Correia was more than proud to be selected as one of The Root's 25 Young Futurists last year; he was relieved. He saw it as validation of his work to abolish the death p... Read more
As the death of Terrance Daniel Briscoe in an Alice Springs police cell last week continues to feature in the national media, family and supporters of the deceased man are vowing to fight fo... Read more
The American public's opinion on the death penalty has been changing steadily in the past 17 years. A 2011 Gallup Poll showed that 61 percent of people in the country favor capital punishmen... Read more
Veteran US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson joined with campaigners in London today (Thursday) to throw his weight behind calls for a public inquiry into deaths in police custody. Jesse J... Read more
The following are excerpts from the full letter from Nick Herbert (Minister for Policing and Criminal Justice): 7th December 2011. "I can assure you that the Government regrets every death i... Read more
Martina Davis-Correia, sister of the late Troy Davis, has died. Davis-Correia passed after a long battle with cancer and was the firestorm that took her brother’s case to international heigh... Read more
Campaigners challenged Metropolitan Police commissioner Bernard Hogan‑Howe last Thursday over “aggressive and degrading treatment” at a recent demonstration against deaths in custody. The ac... Read more
Once again, this year, like every year hundreds gathered for the annual march against deaths in police custody in Britain. Most of those here are family members who say they have lost loved... Read more
Two young sisters aged nine and 15 were stopped by armed police hunting robbery suspects as the girls walked to a nearby school to collect exam results. The girls’ outraged mother today dema... Read more
