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 Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International  Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.A weekend behind bars showed me why this prison is precioushttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/29/prison-grendon-regime-reformTaking on mantle of the state is controversial for charitieshttp://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/public_sector/article6896024.ece£324k ‘wasted’ on scrapped North Wales prison venturehttp://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/10/30/324k-wasted-on-scrapped-north-wales-prison-venture-55578-25048312/Prison Service seeking tools that could prevent suicides (Israel)http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1124673.htmlProposals are prepared to open new jobs in prisons: Head of Penal Service (INTERVIEW)http://en.trend.az/news/society/rights/1569372.htmlPutting victims at the heart of justicehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/01/youth-offenders-justice-prisonSara Payne calls for major overhaul of justice systemhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/01/sara-payne-overhaul-justice-systemHow Gordon Brown plans to tackle Britain's anti-social behaviour problemhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/01/family-intervention-centres-gordon-brownProbation service failing to learn lessons over murder of French students, inquiry findshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/02/probation-service-monitoring-inquiry-sonnexBelgium to rent Dutch jail cellshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8335868.stmCall to cut 'farcical' jail termshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8336963.stmRecord numbers of women imprisonedhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/record-numbers-of-women-imprisoned-1813174.htmlLet women prisoners out during week, say lawyershttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/let-women-prisoners-out-during-week-say-lawyers-1812780.htmlOne Dead, Four Wounded in Attacks on Guatemalan Prison Guardshttp://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=346550&#38;CategoryId=23558High-risk prisoners housed in dongas (Australia)http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26290043-5006789,00.htmlRapist sues over lack of exercisehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/8340833.stmJustice 'must focus on victims'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8343313.stmDartmoor Prison solitary confinement claimhttp://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Dartmoor-Prison-solitary-confinement-claim/article-1485013-detail/article.htmlWA prisons kill UK recruitment (Australia)http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/wa-prisons-kill-uk-recruitment-20091104-hx19.htmlReport hits out at cash cuts at Woodhill Prisonhttp://www.mk-news.co.uk/mknews-news/displayarticle.asp?id=461042Project afoot to humanize Algerian prisonshttp://www.eurojar.org/en/euromed-articles/project-afoot-humanize-algerian-prisons/5836Tajikistan grants amnesty to prison populationhttp://www.javno.com/en-world/tajikistan-grants-amnesty-to-prison-population_280380House Of Commons Justice Committee Publishes Report On Role Of Prison Officershttp://www.egovmonitor.com/node/30397‘Central Prisons have given up’  (Cyprus)http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=48636&#38;cat_id=1One-third in youth jails for non-violent crimeshttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/950407/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJusticeDrop in number of children referred to Scottish Reporterhttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/949429/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJustice