Richard Burgon: Justice on the cheap and prison privatisation must end
Our justice system has two key functions: to defend our hard won rights and to help keep communities…
Prisons
Richard Burgon: Conservative cuts agenda continues to create chaos in our prisons
Our prisons are increasingly in the news, but sadly it is too often for all the wrong reasons.…
Chris Evans: Yes, we must be tough on the causes of crime – but society benefits if the prison system is also humane
Unless there is a radical re-think of how we sentence our prisoners, the criminal justice system will collapse.…
Only Labour can tackle the tragedy of addiction and homelessness on the streets of Manchester and other blighted cities
Surely there has never been a more damning indictment of a government than the spice-addicted living corpses currently…
May’s Brexit bluster cannot hide the Tory crises in schools, housing and health
When Theresa May invoked article 50 last month, she promised parliament she would “take this opportunity to build…
Richard Burgon: May’s plan to scrap the Human Rights Act is all about internal Tory party games
At this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, Theresa May tried to reassure the country that her Government has been…
Prisons crisis shows how austerity has ripped the soul out of Britain
Let’s be frank, the Queen’s Speech was legislation-lite. Designed not to startle the horses, Cameron sets himself as…
Jim McMahon: Tory devolution is confused and fragmented – Labour must appoint a shadow minister for England
The Labour Party is already in power up and down the land: not in Westminster, but in local councils…
We cannot afford the failures of women’s imprisonment
Sara Hyde Please note that this article contains references to violence and sexual assault. Whatever our prisons…
There are too many young people in prison who don’t need to be there
Some truisms exist for many years yet nobody acts upon them. Then along comes an avalanche of evidence…
