Police & Prisons

Articles

Life in crime | The life penalty

With a ruling due from Strasbourg in the new year on whole-life prison sentences, David Rhodes considers ?the various arguments

Prisoner voting 'could be part of rehabilitation process', Lord McNally says

He describes complaints about cost as 'a bit of scaremongering'

Behind bars | Going to the next level

Jeannie Mackie discusses the struggle facing courts in tackling and ?classing child pornography, and how best to prosecute offenders

Picking up the IPP pieces

The recent Strasbourg ruling that indeterminate sentences 'breached human rights was not unexpected, yet the ramifications 'for the UK government could be considerable, says Jill Lorimer

Felix | When Britain was a different country

The Hillsborough report is a tribute to those who have faith in the law ?and shows how far we have moved on as a nation, says Felix

Lawyers question need for weekend courts

'Significant costs at a time the government says there is no more money'

Battling the surveillance state

The High Court has ruled that the policy on the retention of personal data is unlawful, and warned of its negative impact. So why, instead of issuing new guidance that would have cracked down on police overstepping the mark, has the government chosen to champion new legislation that will similarly trample the rights of innocent people? Anna Mazzola and Najma Rasul report

The new scheme for foreign national prisoners: vigilance is key'

TERS will reduce the caseload of the Parole Board and the cost of handling such cases, but it is in its early stages and practitioners should be prepared to start judicial review proceedings where they feel the secretary of state has acted unlawfully, says Patrick Hassan-Morlai