Police & Prisons

Articles

On the beat | Total surveillance

The extension of police powers to indiscriminantly 'snoop' on communications data is an infringement of human rights

Police pay libel damages over murder statement

High Court decides suicide more likely after body found in lake

On the beat | The case against privatising the police

A publicly-run police services can't be outsourced without the public's consent

On the beat | Privatising the police

Now is the time to reinstate the police union says Sophie Khan

More serious offenders can be banned from voting, Strasbourg rules

Court rejects UK argument to revisit earlier ruling that blanket ban breached prisoners' rights

Swings and roundabouts: crime reduction provisions in LASPO

Will the new crime reduction provisions in the 'Legal Aid Act help prevent offending and speed up the justice system or are they no more than cost-cutting measures aimed at relieving the pressure on 'courts and prisons? Jill Lorimer

Kettling is only lawful in exceptional circumstances

A Court of Appeal decision demonstrates the difficult balancing exercise the courts must carry out between upholding the right to protest and maintaining public order, says Seamus Burns

PACE update

Jill Lorimer and Caroline Day consider cases concerning grounds for arrest, confession evidence and challenges to the validity of search warrants