Review of child inmate batons ban
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The government is to review the ban on the use of batons against under-18s in young offenders institutions.
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The administration should bring its policies on prisoners in the war on terror into compliance with the Geneva Conventions. A prosecution before the first American military commission since World War II was
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Gabe: You might have seen this story on CNN about the teens that murdered a homeless guy and then equated it to the sort of thrill one might get from a violent video game. There will be plenty of articles focusing on these kids and their crime. I"d like to take a second and talk about the parents of these teenagers instead. It is the job of a parent to teach their children certain rules. Obviously the rules themselves and the emphasis each family places on them will vary, but there are certain universal constants that these parents obviously failed to pass on.
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A judge in Monroe County, Georgia, has ruled that 21-year-old Genarlow Wilson should be released from a 10-year prison sentence for a consensual sexual encounter he had when he was 17. He has been imprisoned for more than two years after his conviction for a sex act with a 15-year-old girl. But the state attorney general quickly filed a notice of appeal, keeping Wilson in prison for the time being.
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MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6 -- A former child-care provider sent to prison more than a decade ago in the fatal shaking of a baby was freed Wednesday, six days after an appeals court ruled that the latest research into shaken baby syndrome might prove her innocence.
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Coroner expresses concern over the treatment of Britain's young inmates.
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The arrest of Margaret Thatcher&#39;s son last week is the latest example of a crackdown on overthrows. By Nicole Itano | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.
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A scheme to introduce weekend prisons for people who commit minor offences is being considered for Scotland.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - A medium-security prison in Alberta has banned a Manitoba pedophile from social functions with the children of other inmates following the man's admission that the events fuel his sexual fantasies.
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By Julia Reynolds, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 13--Juries are prejudiced by seeing defendants wearing prison garb and shackles, the Sixth District Court of Appeals said Tuesday in its reversal of a 26-year sentence handed down in Monterey County Superior Court.
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Moves to protect children from unscrupulous dealers in adoption.
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Proposed law suggests fines, jail sentences for guilty parties.
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Â· Â£50 fine each time an excluded child roams Â· New law part of drive to improve school discipline
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The arrest of Margaret Thatcher's son last week is the latest example of a crackdown on overthrows.
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Parents to be targeted in new crackdown after the ban, says medical chief.
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Sign of the times The US Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a man who was sentenced to 200 years in prison for the possession of child pornography. It was one of several recent actions indicating that America's courts are getting tough on kiddie-porn suspects in an age where the trafficking of such images are easier than ever.â¦
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The acquittal of seven guards and a nurse charged in the death of a teenage boot-camp inmate has renewed calls for reform of the state's troubled corrections system