Prison

Norfolk health trainers to receive qualifications at east of England event

Wellbeing Newsline: Norfolk (Free subscription) | yesterday

Duxford in Cambridgeshire, Monday 23 November Edited by Jane Hill: A group of 12 health trainers from Norfolk will be presented with their City & Guilds level 3 certificate qualifications at an event to be held in Duxford on Monday 23 November 2009. Around 150 health trainers from across the east of England area are expected to attend. The role of the health trainers is to speak with people in...

Eating his way into the hearts of his countrymen

Whatever It Is, I’m Against It (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Today Minus 100 Years: The Circuit Court in Missouri orders Standard Oil of NJ dissolved for acting as an illegal combination in restraint of trade. Like that’s a bad thing. Secretary of State Knox says of the execution in Nicaragua of the Americans aiding the revolutionists, “this Government will not for one moment tolerate such treatment of American citizens.” The mercenaries Grace...

Crime, race and incarceration rates

Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

The incarceration rates per 100,000 adult population of First Nations here in Canada mirror very closely the incarceration rates per 100,000 adult population of Australian Aborigines. Similarly, the incarceration rates per 100,000 adult African Americans are markedly similar to the incarceration rates per 100,000 adult Blacks in England and Wales. There is disagreement among social scientists as to...

Lockerbie Megrahi Lifespan Row

Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Lockerbie row reignited as Megrahi exceeds life expectancy when released Three months after the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, American families of victims question medical advice Ewen MacAskill in Washington, Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent, Ian Black, Middle East editor guardian.co.uk | 20 November 2009 Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is taken from Greenock prison to Glasgow...

Sen Schumer wants Lockerbie bomber back in Scottish prison

The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Sen Charles Schumer said Thursday that the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber should be transferred back to a Scottish prison. Schumer (D-NY) said the terminally ill Libyan bomber released last summer has lived longer than the three months upon which his release was contingent. (...) “The bottom line is Megrahi should have never been released in the first place, but it would be even more outrageous if...

Prison officer strikes a failure of Government – Howarth

Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Commenting on the wildcat prison officer strikes taking place at several prisons, Liberal Democrat Shadow Justice Secretary, David Howarth said: “Because of the unique position prison officers are in, the Government has a responsibility to ensure serious grievances are dealt with before officers feel they have no choice but to strike. "Whatever the rights and wrongs of a particular strike...

Roger Kendrick: prison governor

Times Online (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The years between 1960 and 2000 were especially traumatic for the prison services across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The rise in the number of prisoners, serious security lapses, industrial relations confrontations with staff and rioting prisoners combined to make life exceptionally unpredictable and challenging for the leadership of the services. Among the qualities required of...

Prison officers' union set for talks over strike action

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Allegations of bullying and harrassment by management at Liverpool prison led to two days of unofficial action by 200 staff Talks between senior prison service officials and the prison officers' union are to take place next Monday following a wave of unofficial industrial action today by hundreds of prison officers in north-west England. The talks will look at allegations of bullying and harassment...

Prison officers' strike is over

BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Unofficial strike action by hundreds of prison officers across England ends after officers at HMP Liverpool return to work.

Prison officers' strike spreads

BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Wildcat strike action among prison officers in Liverpool, over claims of bullying, spreads to further jails across England.

Wednesday's "well it's one way for STV to make money" news

The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Doctor Who Clip from End of Time to feature in Children in Need on Friday Film Jennifer Hudson to star in Winnie British TV Screenwipe to return for review of the year STV sues ITV again – this time for VoD rights Sky launches Christmas movie channel Cast on ITV1's Murder on The Orient Consortium to provide Wales and Scotland with news on channel 3 to be ready by March Photos from Gavin &...

Mark Johnson on serial offenders in denial

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Peer pressure, not punishment, is the way to make prisoners accept that there is no such thing as a victimless crime The government has a victims' champion – Sara Payne, mother of a murdered seven-year-old girl. I don't want to challenge Payne or anything she says; I can only express my sorrow for her suffering. It's the way the justice secretary, Jack Straw, hides behind her that I don't like....

Fraudster made £8m by using fake accents

nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

A conman has been given nine years in prison for stealing £8 million from high street banks by putting on Scottish and Pakistani accents to dupe clients into giving out account details. Frageand Nassem, 32, posed as an employee of HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland to gain information from businesses about their accounts. Police said he would telephone international companies and dupe their...

Report: Some of Britain's Most Dangerous Al Qaeda Leaders are Promoting Jihad From Prison

lockandload (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009

Here's two sterling examples for holding Muslim terrorists on prison ships, sailing out to sea in international waters. FROM FOXNEWS.COM: Report: Some of Britain's Most Dangerous Al Qaeda Leaders are Promoting Jihad From Prison Some of Britain’s most dangerous Al Qaeda leaders are promoting jihad from inside high-security prisons by smuggling out propaganda for the internet and finding recruits,...

• Terrorists smuggle fatwas out of secure prisons - Muslims Against Sharia

Labour & Tory Fatuous Huzzahs for Prison...

Lallands Peat Worrier (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009

And so, we return to the Criminal Justice & Licensing ( Scotland ) Bill. It’s a hodgepodge of issues and concerns. Issues of sentencing are stacked beside attempts to criminalise serious organised crime, extreme pornography and the trafficking of persons. How old should people be before they are prosecuted? Is 12 years an appropriate threshold? What about the spouses of folk accused of committing...