Prisons
The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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Foreign prisoners held at an open prison are being moved to a more secure place after a number of them walked off, it has emerged. The Prison Service said the inmates had been moved from Ford prison in Sussex after an internal review revealed a “high abscond level at Ford among this group of prisoners”…. Read more »
A civil servant at the Home Office has been suspended after information on the foreign prisoners row was apparently withheld from the home secretary. John Reid yesterday told the home affairs select committee that of the 1,019 foreign prisoners released without being considered for deportation, four murderers and 23 other serious offenders were now in… Read more »
