A long-awaited report into deaths in police custody says families have been failed by the system. Continue reading
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Category Archives: The State
Policing with accountability or policing with impunity?
The Home Office is currently reviewing legal protection for police officers who shoot to kill as well as considering whether to transfer the lead role in fighting terrorism from Scotland Yard to the National Crime Agency. Continue reading
Britain’s first titan-sized prison gets green light
The contract to build Britain’s first titan prison holding more than 2,100 inmates has been signed days before Monday’s deadline, when parliament dissolves for the general election. The justice secretary failed to get approval in time for his other flagship prison project, a 320-place “secure college”. Continue reading
Bereaved families wait up to seven years for inquests
source: The Independent published: 13 April 2014 Grieving families are having to wait up to seven years to find out what caused the death of loved ones, as evidence mounts of growing backlogs of inquests, with which coroners are struggling to cope. Coroners’ courts investigate the medical cause of death, particularly if it appears to … Continue reading
