Disabled prisoners’ lives put at risk by poor care and treatment in jail – The Guardian

Posted September 19th, 2012 in disabled persons, medical treatment, news, prisons, statistics by sally

“The plight of a man who had to be rushed to hospital hours after arriving in jail highlights the limitations of prison care.”

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The Guardian, 18th September 2012

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The UK and Strasbourg: a victim fantasy – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted September 19th, 2012 in human rights, news, prisons, sentencing, statistics by sally

“Another defeat for the United Kingdom in Strasbourg yesterday. In James, Wells and Lee v. the United Kingdom, a chamber of the Court’s Fourth Section held that indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for public protection infringed Article 5 of the Convention.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 19th September 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Fewer youths jailed for knife crimes – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 7th, 2012 in news, offensive weapons, sentencing, statistics, young offenders by tracey

“Youths caught carrying knives are less likely to be jailed than a year ago, official figures have shown, putting immediate pressure on the new Justice Secretary to make sentences tougher.”

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Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2012

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Prisons holding 7,300 more inmates than they were designed for – The Guardian

Posted August 28th, 2012 in news, prisons, statistics by tracey

“Some English and Welsh jails hold twice as many people as they should, according to figures from Prison Reform Trust.”

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The Guardian, 28th August 2012

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Disability hate crime is at its highest level since records began – The Guardian

“There were 1,942 recorded incidents of disability hate crime in England and Wales in 2011, an increase of more than 25% on the total for 2010 and the highest since this data was first recorded in April 2010.”

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The Guardian, 14th August 2012

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Rochdale grooming trial: investigation to focus on victims, not ethnicity, says DPP – Daily Telegraph

“Kier Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has said that a review into child sexual exploitation would focus on the failure to listen to victims rather than the ethnicity of the perpetrators.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2012

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Report into cases of Violence Against Women and Girls – Crown Prosecution Service

“The CPS has tried to find ways of assessing the impact it has on improving the safety of the victims in cases of violence against women and girls.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 23rd July 2012

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Domestic violence conviction rates at all-time high – The Guardian

“Domestic violence conviction rates are at their highest after a four-year campaign by prosecutors to tackle violence against women and girls, the director of public prosecutions will announce on Monday.”

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The Guardian, 22nd July 2012

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Nine in ten sex attacks go unreported, warns DPP – Daily Telegraph

“Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, will reveal that convictions for rape are now at record levels but it is only the tip of the iceberg. Just ten per cent of victims of serious sexual assault will go to the police, mainly because they do not believe the criminal justice system will help them, he will say.”

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Daily Telegraph, 22nd July 2012

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Children in custody at five-year low – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 17th, 2012 in children, detention, news, prisons, statistics, young offenders by sally

“The number of children in custody has hit a record low five years after the start of a programme designed to limit the use of prison, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Justice today.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 16th July 2012

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Legalising assisted dying ‘doesn’t lead to more opting for death’: Lancet – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 11th, 2012 in assisted suicide, euthanasia, medical ethics, news, statistics by tracey

“Legalising assisted dying does not lead to more people opting to end their lives early, claim academics who have looked at the situation in The Netherlands.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th July 2012

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Unduly lenient sentence cases referred to the Court of Appeal for 2011 – Attorney General’s Office

Posted July 5th, 2012 in appeals, news, sentencing, statistics by sally

“The Attorney General’s Office has today released its unduly lenient sentence statistics for 2011. 117 sentences, from 78 cases, were referred to the Court of Appeal by the Law Officers. The Court considered 97 of them were unduly lenient (83%) and 94 sentences were increased (80% of the 117 referred).”

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Attorney General’s Office, 5th July 2012

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

Related link: Judicial response to the publication of the Attorney General’s unduly lenient referral statistics

Riots broken down: who was in court and what’s happened to them? – The Guardian

Posted July 4th, 2012 in Ministry of Justice, news, statistics, violent disorder by sally

“The Ministry of Justice has published a detailed breakdown of riot cases. See what the data says.”

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The Guardian, 4th July 2012

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1,292 jailed after riots, new figures show – The Independent

Posted June 28th, 2012 in detention, news, statistics, violent disorder by sally

“More than 1,200 people have been jailed for an average of almost 18 months following last summer’s riots, figures showed today.”

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The Independent, 28th June 2012

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Police up to 28 times more likely to stop and search black people – study – The Guardian

Posted June 12th, 2012 in news, police, race discrimination, reports, statistics, stop and search by sally

“Police forces are up to 28 times more likely to use stop-and-search powers against black people than white people and may be breaking the law, new research from the official human rights body reveals.”

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The Guardian, 12th June 2012

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Only 16% of solved crimes lead to convictions – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 1st, 2012 in crime, news, police, prosecutions, statistics by tracey

“Fewer than one in five solved crimes leads to the offender receiving a  conviction in court, it has emerged as new online police maps show how offences were dealt with for the first time.”

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Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2012

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Re-offending rates reach record level – BBC News

Posted May 24th, 2012 in news, recidivists, sentencing, statistics by sally

“A record number of offenders sentenced for serious crimes had committed previous offences, according to figures for 2011.”

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BBC News, 24th May 2012

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England’s most prolific criminal has 567 convictions – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 2nd, 2012 in news, recidivists, statistics by sally

“England’s most prolific criminal has almost 600 convictions to his name, official figures have disclosed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2012

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UK vs. Strasbourg: don’t believe the hype – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted April 20th, 2012 in human rights, news, statistics by sally

“The Abu Qatada deadline debacle has once again thrust the European Court of Human Rights – and in particular, its relationship with the UK – into unwanted controversy just as European representatives gathered in Brighton to debate the Court’s future. This new fracas over the deportation of Abu Qatada has acted as a lightning rod for well-rehearsed criticisms of the Strasbourg Court – that it is a ‘meddling pseudo-judiciary’ and the enforcer of a villains’ charter.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 20th April 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Commission publishes research on European Court of Human Rights judgments relating to UK government – Equality and Human Rights Commission

Posted April 20th, 2012 in human rights, news, statistics by sally

“Research released by the Commission at this week’s Brighton conference on the European Court of Human Rights, shows that just a tiny minority of rulings by the Strasbourg Court are against the UK government.”

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Equality and Human Rights Commission, 19th April 2012

Source: www.equalityhumanrights.com

Related link: The UK and the European Court of Human Rights (PDF)