Campaigners are calling for ‘racist’ prison officers at HMP Full Sutton to be fired
Content warning – this article contains references to racism, violence, and sexual violence inside the prison system Prison abolition campaigners ...
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Government accused of tearing apart mothers and children in its plans to build 500 new cells
Campaigners say plans for 500 extra prison places for women will 'tear families apart' as they urge the government to ...
Prison protest demands an end to discrimination against John Paul Wootton
On Sunday 18 July, members of the Wootton family, supported by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) trade union, ...
Another of the the Bristol Kill the Bill defendants has been remanded. They need our support.
Another Kill the Bill demonstrator has been remanded in prison for allegedly taking part in clashes with police outside Bristol's ...
Prison officers are alleged to have carried out another vicious attack on a Black Muslim prisoner
Content warning - this article contains references to racism, violence, and sexual violence inside the prison system Another report has ...
Thousands of people with mental health disorders are being jailed when they could be treated
The majority of mentally ill people given a short sentence instead of a treatment order reoffend within a year – ...
Protesters raise their voices against mega prisons in a ‘historic demo’ in Yorkshire
People from all over the UK descended on HMP Full Sutton in Yorkshire at the weekend in what campaigners called ...
White prison officers at HMP Full Sutton accused of assaulting a Black Muslim prisoner
Content warning – this article contains a description of violence by prison officers Allegations have emerged that a group of ...
Call to support Kevan Thakrar, held in the ‘most restrictive’ conditions in the UK prison system
Campaigners are calling for action to support a vulnerable prisoner at HMP Full Sutton. Kevan Thakrar has been imprisoned for ...
Thousands still languish in UK prisons with no release date
In the UK, if you're found guilty of something that is deemed an imprisonable crime, you're sentenced to a period ...
Welsh language speaker alleges discrimination at Britain’s largest prison
A Welsh language speaker has alleged he and others are being discriminated against for speaking Welsh in HMP Berwyn. Prison ...
This time last year, a baby died in prison. It’s urgent we demand all pregnant prisoners are released.
Disclaimer: the author is a member of Shoal Collective, one of the signatories to the statement referred to in this ...
Jailed former Tory MP Elphicke is a ‘sexual predator who told pack of lies’, judge says
Charlie Elphicke was sentenced after being convicted of three counts of sexual assault on two women.
UK prisoners are stuck in solitary confinement in extreme heat as UK temperatures reach 37°C
While parts of the UK basked in 37°C sun on 31 July, prisoners were stuck in inhumane, overheated conditions without ...
New prisons and longer sentences. It’s time to talk about prison reform.
The Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing bill 2019-21 is currently going through the House of Commons. If passed, it could result in ...
Activist Sarah Hegazi took a stand for LGBTQI+ rights and paid the ultimate price. We must honour that.
On 14 June, communist, feminist, and LGBTQI+ activist Sarah Hegazi died in Canada after taking her own life. She was ...
A controversially imprisoned UK national in the US hits headlines again during coronavirus pandemic
An 81-year-old British national has been imprisoned in the US for over 30 years. With the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic ...
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