Monday, 2 March 2015

Prison crisis at breaking point - Politics.co.uk

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"Caging men in squalor with nothing to do all day is never going to help them become law-abiding citizens"

Prison crisis

Prisons at double capacity as crisis reaches breaking point

At breaking point: Critics say prisons crisis is leading to suicide and self-harm behind bars

Shocking new figures show some jails are now operating at nearly double their intended capacity, as the prison crisis continues to worsen.

Tory housing policy

Help for Landowners: Tory housing policy is a handout to developers

New homes: A direct transfer from taxpayers to landowners

Conservative plans do little to solve fundamental problems in the housing market

Inside Britain's detention centres

Channel 4 report shows true brutality of detention centres

Protests in detention centres have regularly seen riot-police style units sent in to restore order

A culture of secrecy and the example set by ministers have made detention centres hives of brutality, violence and racism

A fowl irony - RSPCA launches report as new survey shows public are unaware of welfare issues facing UK ducks

They may be the nation’s favourite waterfowl yet 93 per cent of respondents were unaware farmed ducks legally do not have to have bathing water that they can get into.

Skills crisis

RAeS Careers & Education Manager Rosalind Azouzi analyses a UK report which forecasts a shortfall between the demand for future engineers and the supply of suitable candidates.

Three men given custodial sentences after pioneering forensic techniques used to catch badger killers

DNA from dead badger found on bloodied clothing belonging to defendant.

NCC holds Westminster briefing

On 24 February 2015 the NCC held a briefing session in Parliament to inform MPs about the work of the trade association.

Polling suggests London politicians should get behind Heathrow

Nowhere is the Heathrow debate more fiercely conducted than in London. For years, local politicians have been wary of the subject, but new polling suggests support for expansion could be key to their general election campaign.

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