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01 December 1994

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The case against the secure training order. Penal Affairs Consortium October 1994. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill will empower courts to make secure training orders under which juveniles can be held in secure training centres. This report describes the secure training order as "an expensive mistake."

Scottish Prison Service annual report 1993-94 Scottish Prison Service. HMSO (Edinburgh) 1994 pp62 13.20. Glossy annual report with brief sections on 21 Scottish prisons and 11 statistical appendices.

Prison statistics: England and Wales 1992. HMSO (Cm 2581) 1994, pp166 19.50. Statistical analysis of the prison population during 1992.

Outside help: practical information for the families and friends of people in prison. NACRO 1994. This short booklet gives practical advice to people who have a relative or friend in prison. It is available from: NACRO 169 Clapham Road London SW9 0PU.

The Mandatory life sentence. Penal Affairs Consortium October 1994. This report proposes that life imprisonment should not be the automatic penalty for murder but the maximum sentence with discretion for judges to pass fixed sentences when appropriate.

Prison Watch press releases. No 103 (19.11.94.) No. 104 and No 105 (30.11.94.). These press releases cover the deaths of Mark Evans at Leicester Prison on November 16; Andrew Batey at Low Norton remand centre on August 9; and Ian Buck at Doncaster prison. Mark Evans' death was the seventh death at Leicester prison in 2 years. Available from Pete Moore 24 Rochester Close, Derby.

Prison Information Bulletin Council of Europe no 16 June 1992. This bulletin is just out - it is always produced very late - but contains useful information on prison population statistics (total numbers; detention rate; percentage of unconvicted prisoners percentage of women prisoners; percentage foreign prisoners) plus articles (eg: European prison rules) and new law in Council of Europe member states.

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