United Kingdom: England & Wales
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UK: a child prisoner with ADHD spent 22 hours a day in a cell, for 55 days – and he’s not the only one
When my client, ‘AB’, called the Howard League for Penal Reform’s legal advice line last year, it was immediately clear from his voice that he was miserable. At the time, he was 15. He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). And he was locked alone in his cell in Feltham prison for mor…UK: solitary confinement of children and young people
Last week, in a joint statement, the British Medical Association (BMA), the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health called for an end to the solitary confinement of children and young people held in UK detention facilities.UK: MoJ postpones plans to reduce female prison population
Strategy to cut numbers being jailed for non-violent offences was to be launched this month. A multimillion pound government strategy to reduce the number of women being jailed for non-violent offences has been postponed, the Guardian can disclose.UK: how prison changes people
Longer and harsher prison sentences can mean that prisoners’ personalities will be changed in ways that make their reintegration difficult, finds Christian Jarrett. Day after day, year after year, imagine having no space to call your own, no choice over who to be with, what to eat, or where to go.…UK: why we should teach philosophy to prisoners (Kirstine Szifris)
“I taught philosophy to prisoners, and I know it can help end the damaging macho prison culture” As with other forms of educational experience, in the classroom they could be – for a short time – philosophers as opposed to offenders or prisoners.