Prisons - new material (42)
01 September 2000
Developing prison standards compared, Rod Morgan. Punishment & Society vol 2 no 3 (July) 2000, pp325-342. This article compares the "two most developed sets of international custodial standards", those of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Europe and the American Correctional Association in north America.
Annual report 1999-2000. Criminal Cases Review Commission, pp50, ISBN 1-84082-480-8. This "independent" body (ie. members are appointed by the queen on the recommendation of the Prime Minister) was established in 1997, under the Criminal Appeal Act 1995, to staunch the flood of prisoners released in the early 1990s after their convictions were found to be unsafe. It contains sections on "case-referrals and non-referrals", the "case review process", casework and "prospects for 2000-01".
CAGE Newsletter, no 1, July 2000, pp2. The anti-prison network CAGE grew out of the UK environmental movement and is now involved in direct action against the prison industry and more recently has dealt with immigration detention. This newsletter covers actions on Bastille Day (14 July) during which 50 protesters occupied a piece of land in Ashford, Surrey, a future women's prison site. Includes information on prison labour, prison construction and anti-immigration and deportation protests. Available from: CAGE, c/o PO Box 68, Oxford OX3 1HS, Answer phone: 0049-7931-401-962, prison@narchy.fsnet.co.uk, www.veggies.org.uk/cage
Parliamentary debate
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons: Annual Report Lords 10.7.00 cols. 1-4