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Does California’s jail crisis offer lessons for Britain?
As the Coalition Government reviews sentencing policy in Britain, Sarah Smith looks at the crisis of over-crowding in California’s jails – and what the state can do about it.
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Ken Clarke forced to scrap prison sentencing plans
The Justice Secretary is forced to scrap plans to halve sentences for offenders who plead guilty early, as David Cameron confirms there will be no change in the current position on early guilty pleas.
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Controversial justice reform plans could be scrapped
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke’s plans to reform the justice system, including proposals to halve sentences for those who plead guilty early, are set to be shelved.
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FactCheck: Who benefits from 50% ‘discounted’ jail terms?
The claim “It is true that we are thinking of putting up the reduction to a half. It makes an enormous difference to costs, police time and the involvement of unnecessary preparations for trial if everybody leaves guilty pleas to the last possible moment.” Ken Clarke, Justice Secretary, House of Commons debate, May 17, 2011
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Liam Fox ‘interfering’ in South Africa honeymoon murder case
Exclusive: the family of the British honeymooner Anni Dewani, murdered in South Africa last November, accuse the Defence Secretary of interfering in attempts to extradite her husband.
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Young offenders found dead in Northern Ireland
Two young prisoners are thought to have hanged themselves in Northern Ireland, raising further calls for an independent review after a spate of teen suicides in English prisons.
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Prison service admits ‘considerable’ staff corruption threat
As a prison officer in London is jailed for two years for corruption, Channel 4 News obtains an internal prison service document warning about the scale of the threat.
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Shrien Dewani extradition hearing begins
A grim picture of life in a South African prison was painted today at the extradition hearing of Shrien Dewani, the man accused of ordering the murder of his wife, Anni, on honeymoon.
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Battle for control of Misrata’s port
NATO airstrikes force Gaddafi troops to withdraw from central areas of the besieged city of Misrata but shelling continues.
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Egypt: after the revolution, allegations of military abuse
Two months on from the revolution, Channel 4 News hears powerful allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and sham trials by the Egyptian armed forces once hailed as heroes.
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Prisoner held over murder of paedophile Colin Hatch
After the murder of a child sex killer held in a high security prison, one expert tells Channel 4 News: “long term prisoners get kudos for attacking people at the bottom of the hierarchy.”
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Call for Cameron to introduce vouchers
An influential centre-right think tank tells Channel 4 News that David Cameron’s reforms of public services should include vouchers for people to spend at hospitals and schools.
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Egypt protests continue, but where have the police gone?
Egypt’s police have disappeared from the streets where protesters have amassed in their thousands, and a former Middle East adviser to the EU tells Channel 4 News that the top brass may be in hiding.
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Is Tunisia’s social revolution over?
There are tense new beginnings for Tunisia, and its Arab neighbours are nervous of how revolutionary feelings could spread. But what role did social media play?
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Prison staff praised for the way they handled riot
Prisons Minister Crispin Blunt says prison officers were “exemplary” as two inquiries are launched into the riot at Ford open prison yesterday which involved around 40 inmates.
