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No Births Behind Bars: Feed-In for justice
The campaign to keep mothers and babies out of prison takes the fight to the Ministry of Justice, writes Katherine Connelly.
No babies should be born behind bars: Why mothers and babies will be protesting at the Ministry of Justice
Parents and their babies will be staging a feed-in protest outside the Ministry of Justice to demand the law is changed to stop pregnant women being incarcerated, writes Mel Evans
No Births Behind Bars: The scandal of imprisoning pregnant women
Following the deaths of newborn babies in prisons, a new campaigning organisation protested outside Parliament against the incarceration of pregnant women, reports Feyzi Ismail
Palestinian prisoners’ struggles take a militant turn
Palestinian prisoners and the international solidarity movement are stepping up the campaign for freedom, reports Michael Lavalette
Dissenting POWs: From Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison to America Today - book review
Dissenting POWs
charts the record of US prisoners in Vietnam who opposed that imperialist war, in a vital contribution to the anti-war movement in the present, argues John Clarke
The brutal reality of prisons - Time review
Jimmy McGovern’s latest offers an accurate picture of a prison system that benefits no one, argues Lisa Connor
Assange, coronavirus and the death sentence in our prisons
Prisoners should not face a death sentence as the virus runs through the jails, argues John Rees
Civil liberties in Spain? The clampdown against the Catalan independence movement
The sentences handed out to the Catalan leaders shows the lengths the Spanish state will go to to maintain its control of Catalonia, argues Chris Bambery
Orange is the new black - analysis
Beyond the sly humour and emotive character interactions lies a story of deep institutional repression and desire for radical new approaches to justice, argues Jago Corry
Ahed Tamimi's indictment paints a clear picture of apartheid Israel
The treatment of Ahed Tamimi is not uncommon for the children of Palestine and shows Israel's systemic oppression of Palestinians clearly argues Shabbir Lakha
Hot sauce: the Democrats and the black vote
The relationship between the Democrats and US minorities is not as rosy as some may claim, notes Shabbir Lakha
Like Mandela, Palestinians are prisoners of an apartheid system
The occupation of Palestine by Israeli forces is not dissimilar to apartheid South Africa, argues Koos Mohammed
Prisons in meltdown
Tory policy is leading to a growing crisis in UK prisons reports Peter Stauber
Tory prisons policy produces results: suicide, murder, despair
Clare Sambrook reports on the devastating impact of the coalition government's ideological pursuit of ‘proper punishment’