MOJUK - News Articles/Judgments/Reports August 2024

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Hundreds of Modern Slavery Victims Locked up in England’s Prisons

Fresh Attempt Will be Made to Resolve the Scandal of the IPP Sentence Once and For All

Hungary/Europe - No Right to Assisted Dying (Physician-Assisted Death)

You Cannot Break the Law to Uphold the Law

'Inquisitorial System' v 'Adversarial System’

Government’s Electronic Tagging Regime Unlawful

Does Everyone Detained in Police Custody Need to be There?

Man Secures Acquittal at Oxford Crown Court Following Episode of Police Violence

Prosecution Offer no Evidence in Rape and Stalking Case

Guards Beat Female Inmates at Iran's Evin Prison as They Protest Executions

Prison Crowding Emergency Measures a ‘Sticking Plaster’

Government Drops Appeal Against Ruling Over Protester’s Jury Sign

Inspection Finds Met Police Failing or Inadequate in Key Crime Fighting Areas

Ten Prisoners in Hospital After Suspected Overdose

Compensation Scheme for Patients Sedated and Abused at Youth Psychiatric Facility

Ministers Prepare Extra 500 Prison Places to Remand Suspected Rioters

£51,108 Cosst perYear for Detaing a Prisoner in A UK Jail -

As of 31 March 2024, the latest date for which we have figures, 76,869 British nationals were held in prison in England and Wales.

Record-High Levels of Self-Harm in Women’s Prisons Highlight Mental Health Crisis

Women’s Prisons Have Served Their Time. They Should be Abolished

New Claims Police Tampered With Evidence That Jailed Jeremy Bamber

‘Impossible to Say’ if immigration Legal Aid Cuts Saved Money

 France: Criminal Proceedings Against Organized Sex Workers Violation of Articles 2, 3 and 8

Good Beer Making “Softens the Temper Cheers the Spirit and Can Get You Out of Jail 


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Calendar of Racism and Resistance (23 July – 6 August 2024)

Anti-Fascism and the Far Right
Racial Violence / HarassmentAsylum / Migration / Borders / Citizenship / Deportations

Policing / Prisons / Criminal Justice System
Counter-Terrorism and National Security
Electoral Politics / Government Policy
Education
Housing / Poverty / Welfare
Health and Social Care
Employment / Exploitation / Industrial Action
Culture / Media / Sport
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[Stop Changing The Subject – The Problem Is Fascism
These far-right riots and the ensuing racist and Islamophobic violence are unparalleled. Yet the government’s response is to focus on ‘violent disorder across the ideological spectrum’. This dissimulation cannot go unchallenged. https://shorturl.at/7WzyY]