Prison was a “death sentence” for those featured in INQUEST’s damning report
INQUEST has published a report revealing new data and sharing the harrowing stories of 22 Black and racially minoritised people ...
Tag: prison
People striking in Alabama’s prisons have issued demands to mitigate the ‘humanitarian crisis’ inside
The aborted execution of Alan Miller in Alabama last week is the latest in a series of botched executions in ...
Prison conditions during lockdown amounted to ‘torture’
This article includes discussion of self-harm and self-inflicted death A report published by User Voice has found that the treatment of ...
Allegations of racist violence by officers against prisoners in isolation at HMP Belmarsh
Content warning: This article discusses racist violence and abuse. Campaigners have been calling out racist harrassment and attacks by officers ...
Outcry forces prison to delete tweet demanding inmates receive post via Moonpig and Funky Pigeon
HMP The Mount, a prison in Hertfordshire, tweeted (and later deleted) a post about how prisoners receive post from family ...
This is exactly why barbaric indeterminate prison sentencing must go
This article includes a discussion of mental health distress and suicidal ideation During a House of Lords prison sentencing debate ...
Oil, tanks, and a 2am tweet: what the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe affair tells us
Six years after it started, the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe affair has come to a close. Sort of. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual-citizen of ...
23 years of isolation: an interview with Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyer
February 15 2022 will mark the 23rd anniversary of the capture of Abdullah Öcalan, the co-founder of the Kurdistan Worker's ...
Deaths in prisons in England and Wales reached record highs last year
On 27 January, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) released its quarterly statistics on deaths and self-harm in prison in England ...
Activists let Kill The Bill prisoners know they’re not forgotten
So far, 12 people have been sentenced to prison for the Kill the Bill demonstration that took place in Bristol ...
‘If you are Kurdish the way is the prison’. The harsh reality for those opposing Turkey’s fascistic regime.
"I am the lucky one", the co-chair of the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) tells us, "I'm an MP so I ...
Bristol ‘rioter’ sentenced to 14 years for resisting police violence
On Friday 17 December, Ryan Roberts was sentenced to 14 years in prison for fighting back against police violence at ...
HMP Full Sutton faces yet more allegations of Islamophobic assaults
Campaigners Anti-Carceral Solidarity (ACS) have made allegations of Islamophobic assaults at HMP Full Sutton. These latest allegations come after The Canary reported on ...
Insulate Britain protester taken to hospital on 13-day prison hunger strike
Emma Smart, 44, vowed to stop eating when she was jailed in November for breaching an M25 injunction.
Black, Jewish and Muslim people say they are facing ‘racist and inhumane treatment’ in Wakefield Prison
In September and October this year, The Canary published stories of alleged racism and Islamophobia in UK prisons. One of ...
When someone spends 10 years in prison for stealing a phone, you know our justice system is broken
Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett introduced Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences in 2005. An IPP sentence is when ...
Five Kill The Bill protesters were just sentenced to over 14 years in jail. They need our support.
On Friday 30 July, five Kill the Bill protesters were collectively sentenced to over 14 years in jail. Four people ...
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