
Culture change only way to prevent prison suicides
Final report from Howard League & Centre for Mental Health says punitive culture must change if alarming rise in prison suicides is to be reversed.
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Final report from Howard League & Centre for Mental Health says punitive culture must change if alarming rise in prison suicides is to be reversed.
Far too many women are brought into the justice system unnecessarily. Thousands of women are inappropriately criminalised every year to the detriment of individuals, families and communities. For many women it is their repeated victimisation which has led to involvement in the justice system
We need more evidence to underpin the decisions made at every level of the criminal justice system, not least of which is sentencing. I would create an institute for evidence-led policy, like the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Let’s see more use of scientific methodology, such as randomised control trials.
In this latest in a series of short video interviews on payment by results, Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns at the Howard League for Penal Reform,
Since this post was written, Cavendish has added a further 3 stage wins in the 2012 Tour De France. On 28 July, he races in