We’re incredibly honoured to share this new episode with you, where we join S as she chats with Andreas Hausammann about his friend Rolando. Rolando was incarcerated in Texas, and tragically executed by the state in 2017. During his incarceration …
Corporate Watch has released its new report on prison expansion in England, Wales and Scotland: Prison Island. It shines a light on one of the biggest prison building programs in generations. Read the latest research on: The Prison Estates Transformation …
Meeting Objective: To Organize Midlands Coalition Against Prison Expansion Time: Sunday 5th August, 1pm-4pm Place: The Gap Arts Project, 498 Moseley Road, Birmingham, B12 9AE, United Kingdom Check out the Facebook Event Community Action on Prison Expansion (CAPE) are inviting …
Source: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/work-new-170m-glen-parva-1721250 The new £170 million prison Glen Parva is to built using a private finance deal, the Government has said. Justice minister Rory Stewart said the Treasury has given the go-ahead for a replacement for the 1970s-built former borstal …
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/26/rory-stewart-prison-minister-more-money-jails-england-wales Rory Stewart says prison population will not fall and also reveals Carillion underbid for maintenance contract. The minister for prisons has said that he would like the prison population to go down but is instead calling for more …
Source: http://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-27/plans-for-new-community-prisons-for-women-shelved/ Plans for five new community prisons for women have been shelved. The Government’s strategy for dealing with female offenders was published on Wednesday, having been re-written reportedly due to budget constraints. Justice Secretary David Gauke pledged instead to …
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/women-prison-uk-community-sentences-centres-reoffending-rates-children-funding-a8418271.html The government has scrapped proposals to create “community prisons” for women as part of a delayed strategy aiming to combat female offending. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) had pledged to build and open five new facilities by the …
Source: https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/work-on-wellingborough-s-new-prison-to-start-by-the-end-of-the-year-1-8546879 Work on building Wellingborough’s new prison is set to start towards the end of this year, according to a Government minister. HMP Wellingborough closed in December 2012 and resulted in the loss of almost 600 prison places. HMP …
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-41927657 Work to build a new prison on the site of mothballed HMP Wellingborough is expected to begin next year. A year ago the government confirmed the category C prison in Northamptonshire would be the first redevelopment site in …
This bonus interview comes direct to you from Belfast, as Heledd sits down to chat with Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh, whose incredible book ‘Language, Resistance and Revival: Republican Prisoners and the Irish Language in the North of Ireland’ documents the developments inside prisons …
