Prison

Police hunt missing child abuser

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A prolific sex offender who abused young girls from across Scotland is missing after being released from prison on licence.

Schools and scoundrels

The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

No matter which prison former Refco Inc. Chief Executive Officer Phillip Bennett is assigned to serve the 16-year sentence imposed on him Thursday in Manhattan, N.Y., federal court, chances are he will stand out with his master's degree from Cambridge University in England.

Celebrity Perks

Stereohyped (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

Wesley Snipes, who was convicted earlier this year of three counts of tax fraud and subsequently sentenced to three years in prison, has been granted permission from a judge to head overseas to do some work while his case is under appeal. He’ll be doing post-production work in England on Gallowwalker and will then go [...]

Bring Back Shakespeare

Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

None of this modern nonsense on the TV screens: If the BBC was hoping its new drama about England’s courts and prisons would ruffle a few wigs, the corporation can indulge in a leisurely moment of self-congratulation. Criminal Justice, which charts one young man’s journey through the prison system, has provoked a terse exchange between the [...]

Legalised police cells 'bleak'

BBC News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

Conditions in Scotland's 'legalised police cells' are bleak, according to the chief inspector of prisons

Sheriff's frustrated rant at early release of teen thug

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008

A SENIOR sheriff yesterday savaged Scotland's early-release prison system after a thug was tagged and freed from jail.

Judges 'do not trust community service'

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008

Judges are sentencing criminals to prison terms because they do not believe alternative community service orders will be properly implemented, England's most senior judge has said.

OK, Raise Your Hand...

mAss Backwards (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008

...if you think Patriots defensive back Willie Andrews will be given the mandatory (HEY! Stop laughing! Work with me here, people.) one-year prison sentence for unlawfully possessing a firearm in Massachusetts . Troubled New England Patriot Willie Andrews is behind bars again after allegedly holding a powerful handgun to his fiancee’s head when she accused him of cheating on her. The couple were arguing...

Scottish News: SNP launches radical plan to free 4000 Scots prisoners

The Daily Record (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008

RADICAL plans to cut Scotland's 8000-strong prison population by almost half were unveiled by the SNP yesterday.

Barton escapes jail

footy247 (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008

The midfielder, capped once by England, was given a four-month suspended prison sentence and ordered to do 200 hours community service after admitting to punching Ousmane Dabo, 31, during an argument at training. Barton, 25, is already serving a six-month sentence for an attack on a group of people outside a Liverpool branch of McDonald's on Boxing Day last year. read more

Call for Scotland's prison population to be reduced

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008

SCOTLAND'S prison population should be cut from 7700 to 5000, with jail sentences reserved only for the most serious and dangerous offenders, an independent report recomme

• Call for Scotland's prison population to be reduced - Edinburgh Evening News

Early release failing to tackle prison population - Howarth

Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008

Commenting on figures showing that over 28,000 inmates have been released from prison early in the past 11 months, Liberal Democrat Shadow Justice Secretary, David Howarth said: "Despite releasing over 28,000 criminals from prison early in under a year, the prison population continues to hit new highs. "These short-term panic measures will do nothing to solve the overcrowding crisis the Government...

Truth, lies and photographs

Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008

Philip Gourevitch & Errol Morris; 28/6/08 Images of soldiers abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib prison caused a scandal around the world. The authors of a new book, Standard Operating Procedure, look at the context and the attitudes behind the photos.. Private first class Lynndie England’s cell at Abu Ghraib was small and, of course, it stank. [...]

• Truth, lies and photographs - The Age

Wales News: Magistrate stole £18k by cooking charity books

icWales (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008

A MAGISTRATE has been given a suspended prison sentence for stealing more than £18,000 while she was treasurer of a dementia charity.

Auditors concerned at spiralling costs of Scottish public projects

The Herald (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008

It is all about making Scotland wealthier and fairer, smarter and healthier, and safer and stronger. Spend more than £100bn on roads, hospitals, schools and prisons and the country is bound to be a better place.