Prison ombudsman impatient for change
Press Review 9 July 2003
Call for shorter jail sentences
Press Review 1 July 2003
Woolf challenges crime and punishment 'rhetoric'
News Article 1 July 2003
The Lord Chief Justice has called for a "change in rhetoric" on crime and punishment as part of a drive to cut Britain's soaring prison population.
Huntley prison criticised
Press Review 20 June 2003
Minister slams Huntley 'systems failure'
News Article 19 June 2003
The Home Office has slammed the "serious systems failures" which allowed Soham murder suspect Ian Huntley to mount a suicide bid.
PFI prisons produce mixed results
News Article 18 June 2003
Use of the private finance initiative in the Prison Service has led to mixed results, according to a report from parliament's spending watchdog.
Breaking point for Britain's jails
Press Review 16 June 2003
Prison watchdog slams 'racist' jail
News Article 4 June 2003
The prison watchdog has warned the safety of inmates at one of the country's most notorious jails cannot be guaranteed.
Wandsworth prison 'at risk of riot'
News Article 3 June 2003
Conditions in Britain's jails have been thrown back under the spotlight with reports of overcrowding and suicide attempts at Wandsworth prison.
Owers warns on prison overcrowding
Press Review 3 June 2003
Jail regime slammed
Press Review 28 May 2003
Britain's biggest jail slammed by watchdog
News Article 28 May 2003
Britain's largest jail is run by an "unacceptable regime", the prisons watchdog has warned.
Prison staff strike pledge confirmed
Press Review 22 May 2003
Blunkett returns right to strike
Press Review 21 May 2003
Blunkett challenges prison staff over reform
News Article 21 May 2003
The home secretary has offered prison officers the right to strike in a bid to accelerate reform of working practices.
