Chuka Umunna
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Jamie Bartlett
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Martin Newman
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B.J. Epstein
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Here are some of the common misconceptions of mental health I've heard over the years (and calmly kept schtum).
Security giant G4S has lost its contract to run a prison and failed to win any further prison contracts it was bidding for, the Ministry of Justice ha...
A Facebook album showing career criminals enjoying the high life serves to show their “complete and utter contempt for the law", according to police...
Many South Koreans believe that they are innately disposed to fall into addiction. They are very wary after many tales of famous celebrities succumbing to the pitfalls of addiction. The country has a tough stance on drugs and is very cautious in making available anything they deem addictive to its inhabitants.
Since the middle of the last decade several European countries, particularly the Netherlands and Germany, have seen sharp falls in their prison populations - so too has Finland and Portugal. In stark contrast, in England and Wales prison numbers have continued to grow despite falling crime.
As sunshine starts to peek through and welcome us into summer, I look to the fluffy white clouds above. A beautiful sight. A warm and reassuring image. We instantly associate those little swirly friends with blissful connotations.
With their bowlers, waistcoats and cold-eyed stares, these mugshots of Victorian criminals show that while yesteryear's felons might have been more ge...
The government will soon publish proposals for improving community sentences. We welcome this, but the real challenge is to ensure community sentences are used where possible instead of custody - rather than an additional means of punishment.
Prisons in England and Wales are nearly full, the Ministry of Justice has said, partly due to the "significant rise" in people sent to jail over last ...
Greater Manchester police have warned that 'hugger muggers' are targeting drinkers in a spate of 'friendly' muggings in the city's centre. The craf...
More than 900 serving police officers and community support officers have a criminal record, official figures show. Forces across England and Wales...
Handcuffs, uniforms, speed guns, dogs and even patrol cars have been stolen from police stations in the past five years. The haul includes dozens o...
Many British families have a dark family secret, according to a survey that revealed 5% of Britons have a convicted criminal in their blood-line. A...
One thing that really struck me from getting to know the prisoners - there was the moral code they lived by. The code seemed bizarre and contradictory to a naive yet inquisitive man like me. Some staff members called it the "con code".
As everyone knows, Halloween is a time when ghouls, ghosts and goblins come out into the world for a fun night's frolicking amongst the living. Un...
More than 5,000 foreign criminals who should have been deported remain in the UK, the government has been warned. A report published on Thursday by...
The coalition government are under increasing pressure from both the Labour party and the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) over its Protection o...
French police have arrested five men in connection with an ingenious casino scam in the Mediterranean town of Cannes. Wearing special lenses allowe...
Since the August riots, the prison population in England and Wales (already one of the highest in Western Europe) has been on an upward trajectory, with new record highs reached in each of the past four weeks.
A thought-provoking question is: what do victims of crime want most when it comes to offenders?
There are two myths that persist about identity fraud. The first is that it's hard. The second is that that there is anything you can do about it....
Vincent Cooke hit the headlines a couple of days ago in a case that has ignited the debate regarding the rights of home owners to defend their homes...this deadly skirmish has provoked much debate as to whether or not Mr Cooke was entitled to 'take the law into his own hands'.
Confronting the problem of youth rioting is a long-term issue, says Gavin Knight, an expert on British gang violence. Speaking to The Huffington P...
The Tottenham riot and subsequent outbreaks of looting are not the products of racial tensions, a leading researcher has told The Huffington Post. ...
