The Independent Exclusive: Investigation exposes serious allegations of international human rights breaches at young offenders institutions in the UK Solitary confinement for juveniles is expressly forbidden under UN policy iStock British prisons are holding child inmates in solitary confinement in an alleged breach of UN torture rules and British law, The Independent has found. Lawyers in one…
The Independent The feature looks and works almost exactly the same as Snapchat Ryan Falconer, 24, apologised to the 21-year-old on WhatsApp after llegedly raping her iStock WhatsApp has introduced “Statuses”. And it all feels a little familiar. The company has re-invented the status tool – which until now has only offered the option to…
The Independent Term-time holiday father Jon Platt is taken to Supreme Court as Isle of Wight Council seeks to overturn a landmark ruling in his favour Jon Platt, who successfully challenged a conviction for taking his daughter on an unauthorised holiday during school term time, speaks to the media outside the Supreme Court in central…
Manchester Evening News She planned to use the Calpol syringe “like a turkey baster” to get pregnant A love-struck prison officer who tried to smuggle a Salford gangster’s sperm from behind bars has been jailed…for nine months. Grandmother Alison Sharples, 47, was caught out when a medicine syringe containing traces of the young convicted kidnapper’s…
The Guardian Retired judge Dame Laura Cox will lead review for Fawcett Society as campaigners highlight risk of rights being eroded Protest banners at the Women’s March in London this month. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA A major review into the UK’s gender discrimination laws is to be launched amid fears a potential post-Brexit move towards a…
The Independent Self-harm incidents also increased There were 119 self-inflicted deaths in England and Wales last year PA A record number of people killed themselves in prisons in England and Wales in 2016, official figures show. There were 354 deaths in custody last year, including 119 self-inflicted deaths. Self-harm incidents jumped by 23 per cent to…
Manchester Evening News Can you stay at home to look after your children? Do you have to take the day as leave? Here are your rights if you can’t get into work With snow falling across Greater Manchester a few of us could find ourselves unable to get to work in the morning. Whether…
The Independent Peter Herbert, a crown court judge, says legal system pervaded by ‘casual discrimination’ Peter Herbert had criticised the decision to ban former Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman from standing for office PA Archive/PA Images Britain’s justice system is racist and should not be trusted by ethnic minorities, one of the UK’s only black judges…
The Guardian Decision follows cross-party pressure in parliament and high-profile cases involving public figures High-profile cases involving the likes of Emily Maitlis and Lily Allen have raised awareness of stalking. Composite: Getty/Getty The maximum prison sentence for stalking is to be doubled to 10 years, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Under government amendments to…
