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MPs have voted 379 to 137 to back an amendment to take abortion out of English and Welsh criminal law for women in relation to their own pregnancies. Humanists UK has long been alarmed about the growing number of women facing police investigations for this. Today it has expressed delight at MPs standing up for… Read more »
Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for services to the non-religious, who now represent a majority of the UK’s population. Andrew Copson has worked for Humanists UK since… Read more »
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Fourteen prison officers have been suspended from a north London prison over corruption claims, the Prison Service has revealed. An investigation has been launched into the allegations at HMP Pentonville, while the number of prisoners held at the jail has been “briefly” reduced to take account of the fall in staff levels. “I will not… Read more »
The government has been urged to close all the women’s prisons in England and Wales, after new research revealed inmates are at high risk of depression and self-harm. The Howard League for Penal Reform recommends all but the most dangerous female offenders be given punishment outside prison to improve their chances of rehabilitation. Research by… Read more »
