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  Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.Prisoners' votes aren't a trivial causehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/feb/13/prisoners-voting-rightsGordon Brown set to end early jail release schemehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/14/gordon-brown-early-jail-release'Giant' prison plans are scrappedhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8512757.stmOffenders help flood-hit Cumbriahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8513060.stmFormer inmate wins cancer rulinghttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8512807.stmHunger strikers moved to prisonhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8514273.stmWork starts on new Low Moss jail  (Scotland)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8515821.stmPrisoner admits torturing and hanging cellmatehttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prisoner-admits-torturing-and-hanging-cellmate-1899051.htmlLocked up indefinitely: The prisoners who have committed no crimehttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/locked-up-indefinitely-the-prisoners-who-have-committed-no-crime-1899049.html'Education with fences' seen as youth jail modelhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/443ea2c8-19d1-11df-af3e-00144feab49a.htmlGuruve prison inmates hired out to Zanu pf officials (Zimbabwe)http://www.zimeye.org/?p=13324El Salvador ups prison time for juvenile offendershttp://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1180290&#38;lang=eng_newsWhat keeps prisoners from learning?http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/16/short-sentence-prisoner-educationParaguayan judges: Overcrowded prison must closehttp://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1181784&#38;lang=eng_newsCoop societies to bring turnaround in state prisons (India)http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5578316.cmsYoung offenders face sentencing lottery, say criticshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/feb/15/youth-courts-sentencing-postcode-lotteryYoung offenders to make amends through 'punishments' set by their communityhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/feb/17/young-offenders-local-community-punishmentsYarl's Wood children face 'extreme distress', report revealshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/17/yarls-wood-children-extreme-distressJurors 'struggle on legal issues'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8519138.stmPrison slammed after mother found hangedhttp://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Prison-slammed-after-mother-found.6078526.jpSheriff's warning on jail staff after inmate's suicide (Scotland)http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Sheriff39s-warning-on-jail-staff.6075084.jpConditions at Glen Parva young offenders' jail are 'deplorable'http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Conditions-Glen-Parva-young-offenders-jail-deplorable/article-1840556-detail/article.htmlEight per cent of offenders released in 2009 ended up back in jail (Cyprus)http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/eight-cent-offenders-released-2009-ended-back-jail/20100217Foreign prisoners to be sent to Haverigghttp://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/foreign_prisoners_to_be_sent_to_haverigg_1_672884?referrerPath=newsHaiti: the ICRC rehabilitates damaged national prisonhttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SVAN-82QMF7?OpenDocumentLocking up so many a crime, say retired judges (Australia)http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/locking-up-so-many-a-crime-say-retired-judges-20100216-o8zi.html