Crime and Justice

We can't wait for the Government to make prisons places of change. Meet the charity helping inmates to think about their lives and how to transform them.

The Supreme Court's ruling that victims of miscarriages of justice can only claim compensation if they can prove their innocence 'beyond reasonable doubt' is a blow to the idea of justice, according to campaigners.

The Modernising Mental Health Act report fails to offer a solution to what is one of the most glaring problems in the mental health service - the vast number of Afro-Caribbeans who are sectioned compared to the majority white population.

Society must understand the human story behind crime to deal with it, according to the creators of Crooks.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office report (2014) found a 30 per cent rise in the number of Britons arrested in the UAE since 2012

Criminal justice charities, parliamentarians and bereaved families have united to launch a campaign to 'End Child Imprisonment'.

Prisoners, who are particularly vulnerable to neglect and abuse, still have rights, says Nick Hardwick.

Professor Philip Alston believes the perception that human rights are only for criminals or the most vulnerable is damaging. 

Making Spice a Class A drug is likely to make its already devastating effects on vulnerable communities worse not better, politicians have been warned.

Since Joey Base left prison in August 2016 he has become one of the most exciting rising stars on the Urban Music scene.