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Sofa surfer film reveals extent of homelessness
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Community football stars pay tribute to Kurtis Townsend
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Presents: the real meaning of Christmas
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UK criminal justice Archive
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Reading the Riots: ‘Humiliating’ stop and search a key factor in anger towards police
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsInterviewees said police treated them in a degrading way when they were stopped – particularly in strip-searching and handcuffing them -
Race variation in jail sentences, study suggests
Posted on November 26, 2011 | No Comments• Minorities more likely to be jailed for certain crimes
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Legal aid cuts: hitting the vulnerable
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No CommentsMinistry of Justice plans to replace law centres and advisers with telephone 'gateway' will decimate social welfare law, critics say -
Inside the unit for the UK’s most disturbed female offenders
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe Orchard is a medium-security hospital that rehabilitates women with convictions for violence. Sarah Boseley talks to some of them -
Why ‘John Lewis jails’ are better for corporations than for prisoners
Posted on November 5, 2011 | No CommentsA thinktank wants to cut crime with 'John Lewis jails', but the plan to get prisoners working looks more like a new opportunity for giant corporations -
Criminals to have weekly benefits docked by up to £25 to pay fines
Posted on October 29, 2011 | No CommentsAs a response to the riots, David Cameron will announce plans to increase maximum weekly court payment by fivefold -
Young black men make up four in 10 of youth jail population
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsReport shows proportion of black and minority ethnic young men in young offender institutions in England and Wales has risen -
Legal aid cuts will put domestic abuse victims at risk, law groups warn
Posted on October 24, 2011 | No CommentsMore children and partners likely to be cross-examined in court by alleged assailants, Manifesto for Family Justice claims -
UK riots: lengthy sentences upheld by appeals court
Posted on October 18, 2011 | No CommentsPrison tariffs for looters and those using Facebook to incite rioting during August disturbance appropriate, say senior judges
