Private prison the 'worst in Britain'
News Article 5 February 2003
Privately-run prisons have been dealt a blow by a report describing Ashfield young offenders' institution as the worst in Britain.
Ashfield under fire
Press Review 5 February 2003
Prison does not work says report
Press Review 4 February 2003
'Pathetic' child prisons to be scrapped
Press Review 27 January 2003
Cherie enters jail debate
Press Review 24 January 2003
Irvine wades into jail numbers debate
Press Review 7 January 2003
Record level of prison suicides
Press Review 31 December 2002
Watchdog warns of prisons crisis
Press Review 11 December 2002
Soaring prison population needs 40 new jails
Press Review 10 December 2002
Overcrowded jails are 'debilitating and chilling' warns watchdog
News Article 10 December 2002
Jail overcrowding threatens public safety and the integrity of the penal system itself, the prisons watchdog has said.
Closing the 'justice gap' piles pressure on prisons
News Article 9 December 2002
Government moves to "narrow the justice gap" could see Britain's jail population soar to over 110,000 by the end of the decade, warn official planners.
Owers to hit at prison crowding
Press Review 9 December 2002
Prison failing prisoners, warn peers
News Article 3 December 2002
Prison education and rehabilitation programmes have been hit by a government failure to tackle overcrowding, a Home Office minister has admitted.
Prison spending soars
Press Review 19 November 2002
Cherie takes on ministers over social services
Press Review 12 November 2002
