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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The moving of problem prisoners ahead of security audits has happened at a third London jail Dangerous prisoners were removed from one of Britain's biggest jails just before an internal security audit, raising fears that the practice of "ghosting" inmates around the prison system may be more widespread than was acknowledged. A Prison Service investigation is examining how difficult prisoners...
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Good Funeral Guide (Free subscription) | yesterday
On 19 and 20 January 2010 the Court of Appeal will hear the appeal of Davender Kumar Ghai against the prohibition of open air cremation upheld by the High Court in May 2009. It was a case made notorious by the intervention of Justice Secretary Jack Straw, who asserted that indigenous Britishers would be "upset and offended" by funeral pyres and "find it abhorrent that human remains were...
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Slog (Free subscription) | yesterday
We have a reading about a boat trip and a book about a heroic dog tonight, and then three other, more intriguing events. Martin Limon reads at Seattle Mystery Bookshop from his book G.I. Bones , which is about a ghost , a red-light district, and the army. Also a missing girl. It is fiction. The Central Library is hosting an event from Jack Straw Writers. The Washington Center for the Book co-presents...
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | yesterday
A pioneering project dedicated to making London safer by helping young offenders turn their backs on crime was launched this week by Justice Secretary Jack Straw and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson. The Heron Unit is the UK’s first dedicated resettlement unit for 15 – 17 year olds who have demonstrated a commitment to changing [...]
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The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Got this in my inbox today. I don't make a habit of getting involved with UK politics, partially because I'm busy, partially because UK politics are just damned depressing. But I thought I'd share this, dear readers: Hi - I'm hoping you can help us spread the word about something very worrying that could get voted through parliament on Monday. The House of Commons are debating the Coroners and Justice...
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Evan Price (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
(Image from Wikipedia website) Yesterday, Jack Straw announced that the rule he introduced that required Judges to say publicly whether they were Masons would be scrapped - see here for a Guardian report on this story. Apparently, he is reported to have said that "existing safeguards, such as the oath, the availability of a complaints procedure and the independent appointments commission, were...
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The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Would-be judges will no longer have to declare if they are Freemasons, The Times reports. The policy reversal was announced by Justice Secretary Jack Straw, after a threat of legal action forced a review. He said that it would be “disproportionate” to continue with the practice. The United Grand Lodge of England threatened legal action in May, prompted by a European Court of Human Rights...
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David Jones, MP (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In the light of Jack Straw’s statement yesterday, the Assembly may soon be under pressure to review standing order 32 yet again.
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
If I was walking along a London street and passed a stranger being set upon by a gang of teenage girls in "hoodies" (don't they know snoods, rather than hoods, are hip this autumn'), would I cross the road to dash the weapons from their hands? This week, London's Mayor Boris Johnson chased away a group of "oiks" who were attacking Franny Armstrong, a film-maker, in Camden. Said...
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PS Review of Freemasonry (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Judges will no longer have to declare whether they are Freemasons when they take office, Jack Straw, UK Justice Secretary, said yesterday. Read the ministerial statement.
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James Cleverly (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Today has been very exciting day for me. I have spent a great deal of time over the last year working on a range of projects to reduce the drivers towards youth crime, the details of these plans can be read here . One of the most complicated, ambitious and exciting of these plans was called Project Daedalus, this is our plan to introduce a new regime for young offenders' institutions and reduce the...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Judges will no longer have to declare being a Freemason after Jack Straw scrapped a 11yearrule he introduced - amid fears he would lose a human rights battle.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Justice Secretary Jack Straw and London Mayor Boris Johnson open a unit to prevent young offenders committing further crimes.
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Community Care's CareSpace (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Justice secretary Jack Straw has been forced to defend the Office of the Public Guardian and the Court of Protection following media attacks on the two institutions, whose role is to protect the interests of those who lack capacity. Read More......( read more )
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The Social Work Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Justice secretary Jack Straw has been forced to defend the Office of the Public Guardian and the Court of Protection following media attacks on the two institutions, whose role is to protect the interests of those who lack capacity....
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