“Prisoners are to be blocked from seeking legal aid to bring ‘trivial’ cases against the Prison Service under plans to be announced by the Government today.”
The Times, 16th July 2o09
Source; www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man attempted to avoid extradition today because his human rights could be breached by being fed ‘potentially life threatening’ red onions in an Irish jail.”
The Independent, 9th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Hundreds of Nigerians in British jails could be sent home to finish their sentences under a multimillion pound deal now being negotiated by the government. Talks are starting on a British investment to improve prison conditions in the west African country so as to allow the transfer of as many as possible of the 400 Nigerian prisoners here.”
The Guardian, 9th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (P) v Secretary of State for Justice [2009] EWCA Civ 701; [2009] WLR (D) 234
“Where it was contended, pursuant to art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998, that the state should investigate the treatment accorded to a self-harming young offender while he was in detention, a ‘real and immediate’ risk to life was a prerequisite.”
WLR Daily, 7th July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Prisoners on the run from Holleseley Bay prison cannot be identified because it would breach their rights to privacy, the Ministry of Justice has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Cherie Booth QC has endorsed a call to close some prisons and hand the management of the rest of the prison system in England and Wales over to local communities.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of women deliberately harming themselves in prison has almost doubled in five years – despite repeated government promises to improve conditions in women’s jails.”
The Independent, 27th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s private prisons are performing worse than those run by the state, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Independent, 29th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Prison chiefs are reviewing how staff restrain inmates at a young offenders’ institution (YOI) after an ‘unprecedented’ number of injuries.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Szuluk v United Kingdom (Application No 36936/05)
European Court of Human Rights
“In a unanimous judgment, the European Court of Human Rights held that monitoring, by the prison authorities of medical correspondence between a convicted prisoner and his external specialist doctor, violated the prisoner’s right for respect for his correspondence, as guaranteed by article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 17th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The UK has come under renewed pressure to grant prisoners the vote in time for the next election or fall foul of European human rights legislation.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A prisoner has won a legal battle to have his haircuts paid for by the state while out of jail on day release.”
The Observer, 17th May 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“The jailing of children in England and Wales has become a postcode lottery where child custody rates in some parts of the country are five times higher than in others, according to league tables seen by The Independent.”
The Independent, 12th May 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The failure of the Secretary of State for Justice to provide courses to enable prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection to enable them to demonstrate their safety for release to the Parole Board did not render their post-tariff detention unlawful.”
WLR Daily, 6th May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (Lee) v Same; Regina (Wells) v Same
House of Lords
“Although the Secretary of State for Justice had failed in his public duty to provide such treatment courses for prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection as would enable them to demonstrate to the Parole Board that it was safe to release them, their post-tariff detention was not unlawful.”
The Times, 8th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw today announced new plans on prison capacity and the management of both prisons and probation, better to protect the public and further reduce reoffending.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Plans for three 2,500-place Titan prisons have been scrapped, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has confirmed.”
BBC News, 27th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Children held in the infamous Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre are being denied urgent medical treatment, handled violently and left at risk of serious harm, a damning report by the Children’s Commissioner for England will say tomorrow.”
The Independent, 26th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Jack Straw abandons contentious proposal to fix overcrowding in prisons.”
The Independent, 24th April 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Coleman) v Governor of Wayland Prison and Another
Queen’s Bench Division
“A prison governor had no power, whether under the Prison Rules (SI 1999 No 728) or the common law, to destroy a mobile telephone confiscated from a prisoner.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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