{"word_count": 244, "character_count": 4652}
 Information  from Helen  Fair, Research Associate, International Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.Straw criticised for delay in freeing Ronnie Biggshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/17/home-secretary-parole-powers-reformPrison officers' union set for talks over strike actionhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/18/prison-officers-talks-strikePortland youth prison unit 'unfit for use,' says chief inspectorhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/18/portland-youth-jail-inspector-reportQueen's speech 2009: crime and security billhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/18/queens-speech-ukcrimeSerious consequences of culture of targetshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/nov/18/crime-reducation-targetsSome Italians are less equal than othershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/18/italy-death-in-custody-justice'No-prison' pilot scheme testedhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/8367879.stmPrison Chief: Bulgaria Jails Home to 2000 Drug Addictshttp://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=110148Records key to prison health action planhttp://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/5394/records_key_to_prison_health_action_planSolitary confinement 'not safe, nor is it humane'  (Canada)http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/solitary-confinement-not-safe-nor-is-it-humane/article1369276/#Gulf in custody levels exposedhttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/967691/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJusticeUK vacuum over children in custodyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/20/children-deaths-in-custodyHigh Court prohibits privately run prison (Israel)http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258624598788&#38;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFullDamning report blasts government's children's rights recordhttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/968423/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletinGangbos become the latest measure for fighting antisocial behaviourhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/21/gangbos-antisocial-behaviour-policing-pledgeMethadone 'makes addicts of prisoners'http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/22/prisons-methadone-addictsWe certainly do want fewer people in jailhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2009/nov/22/letters-prison-reform-nick-cohenMost UK crime caused by people with childhood behavioural problems - studyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/23/uk-crime-behavioural-problems-studyTories are wrong on Human Rights Acthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/nov/23/tories-human-rights-act-europeMeeting due over prison walkouthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8373755.stmPeer calls for radical steps to reduce rapeshttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/peer-calls-for-radical-steps-to-reduce-rapes-1825555.htmlPhone jamming is needed in prisons, says watchdoghttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6636043/Phone-jamming-is-needed-in-prisons-says-watchdog.htmlNo escape from debt by selling jails (US)http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/nov/21/arizona-prisonsDeath Row Inmate's Suicide Raising Old Questions Anew (South Korea)http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/11/117_55990.htmlJail strike dispute 'unresolved'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8373755.stmPolice arrest so they can boost DNA database, warns watchdoghttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6636315/Police-arrest-so-they-can-boost-DNA-database-warns-watchdog.htmlAustralians have less faith in justicehttp://www.smh.com.au/national/australians-have-less-faith-in-justice-20091123-iz8f.html The brutal truth of child detentionhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/nov/24/child-detention-yarls-woodStanding on the cliff edge of criminalisationhttp://www.guardianpublic.co.uk/young-adults-criminalisationMPs back call to scrap short prison terms for young adultshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6642884/MPs-back-call-to-scrap-short-prison-terms-for-young-adults.htmlTories' prison ship plan to make 5,000 extra spaces in jailhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230697/Tories-prison-ship-plan-make-5-000-extra-spaces-jail.htmlPrison reforms too expensive  (Kenya)http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/803162/-/vmul0e/-/Zimbabwe: Govt to Build Prison Schoolshttp://allafrica.com/stories/200911250095.html197 AIDS patients in Punjab prisons: report (Pakistan)http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C11%5C24%5Cstory_24-11-2009_pg7_18Leeds jail history could scupper sell-offhttp://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-jail-history-could-scupper.5849345.jp 