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Why criminal justice shouldn’t just be about what punishment people ‘deserve’

Prisons running near capacity have created a dilemma for Andy Burnham. The new prime minister has now confirmed that anyone convicted of manslaughter would not be eligible from the prisoner early-release scheme.

The Conversation · Sep 2

Lindsay Clancy and a system on trial

The Massachusetts mother badly needed mental health treatment. America staged a show trial instead

Salon · Sep 2

Gary Glitter pleads not guilty to sexual abuse charges against eight-year-old girl

Glitter was accompanied by a lawyer in prison

The Independent UK · Sep 2

Drug Dealer 'Made £500,000 Every Two Months' From Prison Before Shocking Death in Cell

Johnpaul Digweed, a drug dealer linked to EncroChat, was found dead in prison, raising concerns about his ongoing drug operations and the effectiveness of prison security measures.

International Business Times UK · Sep 2

Victoria plans to get prisoners to help maintain roads. How common is prison work in Australia and what are the issues?

Victorian Premier Ben Carroll said this week that if Labor wins the November state election, it will pilot a program that would see supervised, minimum-security incarcerated people working on roadside maintenance.

The Conversation · Sep 2

Prominent pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security law case

Wong, already serving prison time for a separate case, pleaded guilty to a second offence under Beijing’s 2020 National Security law, which could see his sentence extended by a minimum of three years and up to life imprisonment.

Euronews · Sep 2

Early prison release needed to keep public confidence – Justice Secretary

Alex Norris set out plans to free up capacity in the UK’s overcrowded male prison estate to MPs as Parliament returned for its autumn term.

The Independent UK · Sep 1

Andy Burnham is right to end the scandal of indefinite sentencing

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The new prime minister deserves credit for acting to end the injustice of people imprisoned for many years longer than those guilty of equivalent offences, an injustice against which The Independent has campaigned. Such political risk-taking bodes well for his future prospects

The Independent UK · Sep 1

School teacher loses job after allegedly giving pen with a hidden camera to schoolgirl and urging her to change before writing with it

Matthew Udall was sentenced to 31 months in prison after trying to record a pupil that was a minor.

We Got This Covered · Sep 1

The UK’s indefinite prison terms injustice laid bare with dozens dead and 700 prisoners left to rot

Britain’s former top judge said the IPP regime is a form of ‘preventative detention’ which has punished people ‘grossly excessively’

The Independent UK · Sep 1