Prisons
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Leaked documents reveal brainwashing in China’s prison camps
Speed Read Documents challenge Beijing’s claims that the camps provide voluntary education
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Suicide rate among released prisoners is rocketing
Speed Read Calls for greater scrutiny after deaths increased sixfold since 2010
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Why Brazil’s jailed former president could be freed
In Depth Supreme Court overturns law that saw dozens jailed the largest corruption scandal in the country’s history
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Does prisoner rehabilitation work?
Speed Read Former head of Prison Service says staff should ‘stop fretting about rehabilitation’
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Britain’s ten worst prisons
Speed Read Mixed results for the £10m scheme designed to cut violence
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Will the Tories’ tough new stance on crime pay off?
Speed Read Labour warns stop-and-search expansion ‘risks riots’
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How UK prisons are failing young offenders
Daily Briefing Watchdog says children are not getting necessary support to succeed in life following release
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Well-behaved prisoners to be handed cell keys
Speed Read Ministry of Justice announces controversial reforms to encourage good behaviour
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What are secure schools?
In Depth The UK’s first alternative to youth jails will open next year in Kent
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Should prisoners be allowed to vote?
Speed Read Scotland proposes new legislation to give inmates serving a sentence of less than 12 month the right to vote
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Prison inmates using dead rats to smuggle drugs into jail
Speed Read Officers at HMP Guys Marsh in Dorset made the gruesome discovery earlier this month
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Islamist inmate’s pregnant partner shot dead following prison stabbing
Speed Read Woman killed during stand-off with police after knife attack on two guards
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Should shorter prison sentences be scrapped?
Speed Read Justice Secretary says six-month terms or less are ‘ineffective’ in preventing crime
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Majority of inmates at women’s prison ‘have signs of brain injury’
In Depth New study links prevalence of severe head injuries to offending rates
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