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As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for ‘political policing’?
Protest

As the government moves to ban Palestine Action, are terror laws being used for ‘political policing’?

Palestine Action are being banned and Kneecap prosecuted – both under anti-terror laws. What could the consequences be?

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them
Jason Bryan

I worked with young offenders for years – positive role models could have changed everything for them

Jason Bryan, co-founder of Butterfly Books, explains that positive role models who ‘show what’s possible’ can mean everything to vulnerable children

Kneecap fans fly to UK to back band in court – as experts say terror case is ‘pivotal’ for free speech
Kneecap

Kneecap fans fly to UK to back band in court – as experts say terror case is ‘pivotal’ for free speech

‘The more they come after Kneecap the louder they will get,’ say the band’s legal team after bail on terror charge

An end to decades of government hypocrisy on prisons is in sight – if Labour can seize the chance
Mike Trace

An end to decades of government hypocrisy on prisons is in sight – if Labour can seize the chance

We have an historic opportunity to stop setting women in prison up to fail. We cannot miss it
Sonya Ruparel

We have an historic opportunity to stop setting women in prison up to fail. We cannot miss it

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This new play uses rap to tell the story of people in prison for crimes they didn’t commit
Evie Manning

This new play uses rap to tell the story of people in prison for crimes they didn’t commit

George Floyd, five years later: Has anything really changed?
Black Lives Matter

George Floyd, five years later: Has anything really changed?

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here’s what it means
Katy Watts

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here’s what it means

UK’s landmark Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old. But justice is still out of reach for many survivors
Cat Linton

UK’s landmark Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old. But justice is still out of reach for many survivors

We’re the first people modern slavery victims speak to when getting help. Their stories are shocking
Modern slavery

We’re the first people modern slavery victims speak to when getting help. Their stories are shocking

Labour wants to use ‘Minority Report’ AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences
Jake Hurfurt

Labour wants to use ‘Minority Report’ AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences

Our children are in prison for murders they did not commit. We’re fighting to change the law
Criminal justice

Our children are in prison for murders they did not commit. We’re fighting to change the law

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Probation service

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry

No women should ever be sent to prison for enduring domestic abuse
Lucy Russell

No women should ever be sent to prison for enduring domestic abuse

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’
Criminal justice

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’

This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned
Craig Jones

This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis
Prisons

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, ‘right-wing a**holes’ and why we all should be kinder to one another
Social justice

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, ‘right-wing a**holes’ and why we all should be kinder to one another

Prison leavers are being neglected due to lack of digital skills. It’s time for change
Elizabeth Anderson

Prison leavers are being neglected due to lack of digital skills. It’s time for change

Home Office whistleblower reveals ‘shame’ of working on ‘crackpot Tory’ plan to criminalise homelessness
Homelessness

Home Office whistleblower reveals ‘shame’ of working on ‘crackpot Tory’ plan to criminalise homelessness

What we can learn from how US has criminalised rough sleepers – and how Sunak may follow suit
Homelessness

What we can learn from how US has criminalised rough sleepers – and how Sunak may follow suit

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‘People should not be arrested if they smell’: Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness
Homelessness

‘People should not be arrested if they smell’: Sunak facing revolt over plan to criminalise homelessness

I started doing crime by age 6. I didn’t know any other life – all my birthdays were in prison
Crime

I started doing crime by age 6. I didn’t know any other life – all my birthdays were in prison

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here’s how that cash could help instead
Rough sleeping

Sending rough sleepers to prison comes at a huge cost. Here’s how that cash could help instead

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James
In memoriam

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James