Inside the Palestine hunger strike
Across the UK, six prisoners are refusing food and contemplating martyrdom
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Prison sex stories are a sign of our corrupting state
Rogue officers provide tabloid titillation. But they hint at wider failings
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Why do prisoners keep getting released by mistake?
Three offenders have been accidentally let out of prison in the last two weeks
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Great Britain’s failed state
From Chinese spies to football matches, the government’s grip on power is dissolving
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Born in chains
Prisons abandon women to give birth alone – at great risk to their lives, and those of their babies.
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Shabana Mahmood’s star is rising
By turning the prisons crisis into an opportunity, the Justice Secretary has drawn praise from across the spectrum.
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Can Labour make prison work?
Why Shabana Mahmood is offering liberal reforms with a conservative ethos.
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The prisons crisis demands a new era of reform
We must break the cycle of short sentences and reoffending.
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Mark Fairhurst: “I do not fear the law. I will accept the consequences”
The national chair of the Prison Officers’ Association on the next prison officers’ strike.
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Robert Jenrick and the myth of “two-tier justice”
New sentencing guidelines have become the tool of cynical politicians playing divide-and-conquer politics.
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Penal populism has broken Britain’s prisons
Lazy “tough on crime” rhetoric has led to a crisis of overcrowding.
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Letter of the week: Systemic problems, holistic solutions
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Is Labour prepared to be radical to solve the prisons crisis?
Sentencing reform is a tough sell for the law-and-order loving British public.
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How to fix the prisons crisis
The political bidding war over tougher sentences must end.
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Inside Britain’s prisons crisis
Austerity has reduced a working system to one of ungovernable horrors.
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Sing Sing is a tender portrait of creativity behind bars
The film stars former inmates playing themselves as they stage a performance on the inside.
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The prison system is broken
Prisons inspector Charlie Taylor on jails failing inmates and society.
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Can Labour end our national addiction to prison?
The new government should focus on reducing demand on our prisons rather than expensively building new ones.
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How Labour will deal with the prisons crisis
The Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been told that space will run out in less than three weeks.
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Britain’s prisons are at breaking point
Labour must address the overcrowding crisis, however unpalatable the solutions.
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