MOJUK - News Articles/Judgments/Reports September 2024

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Missouri Executes Marcellus Williams after two Decades on Death Row

Questions for Wallace Over War Crimes Bill Change That Would Have Protected SAS

Inmates Could do Classes to Cut Prison Time Under Texas-Style Reforms

Prison Reform Trust Comment: Justice Secretary Makes Historic Commitment on Women’s Justice

Barriers to Legal Representation for Immigration Detainees in UK Prisons

Burglar Stabbed in Prison Kitchen Awarded £5m

Court Rules Legacy Act Gives Government too Much Power

Teenager Jailed For 18 Months After Fight Still In Prison 18 Years Later

2,287 Fires in Prison Cells

Prisoners to be Awarded Quantum of Damages

HMP/YOI Hindley Young Offenders - ‘Critical Threat’ Posed by ‘Near Tsunami Of Illegal Drugs’

IOPC to Re-investigate Death of Lewis Skelton After Family Judicial Review

Ibukun Adebowale Adegboyega - £203,995.24 Damages For - Unlawful detention/Trespass to the person

Knife Crime Campaigner Wins Met Police Payout Over Wrongful Strip-Search

34 Female Prisoners on Hunger Strike In Tehran Mark Amini’s Death Anniversary

Blood Transfusions Administered to Jehovah’s Witness Against Her Will Violation of Article 8

Expulsion from Switzerland of Convicted National of Bosnia and Herzegovina Violation of Article 8

Sentence Inflation - Main Cause of Prison Over Crowding: A Judicial Critique

Reform Criminal Record Checks and Help People Move On

Lucy Letby, Concerns, Doubts and Speculation as to her Guilt Have Emerged

Spycops’ Campaigners Call to Lift ‘Arbitrary’ Deadlines

EDM 160: The Legal Dragnet Joint Enterprise Report

Parole Board’s Rob McKeon: Life Among Murderers, Rapists and Career Criminals

Statutory Inquiry Into 2,000 Deaths in Essex Mental Health Services to Open

Home Secretary Required to Accommodate Vulnerable Individual

Withdrawal of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024

HMP Rochester Given Urgent Notification After ‘Systemic Failure and Decline’

Applications for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Increase 11% in single Year

Top Scottish Inspector says Broken’ Prison System Sets Inmates up to Fail

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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]