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 Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International  Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.Charity prison scheme to expand  (Scotland)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8250145.stm‘One in, one out’ plan to cut Scotland’s growing prison population (Scotland)http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/one-in-one-out-plan-to-cut-scotland-s-growing-prison-population-1.919175Private prison admits ‘failings’ after suicidehttp://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail/displayarticle.asp?id=448206Minister of Justice: Children not to live in prison cells without toilets much longer (Finland)http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Minister+of+Justice+Children+not+to+live+in+prison+cells+without+toilets+much+longer/1135249221638Prisoners start fire, riot at Iraq's Abu Ghraibhttp://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58A1QZ20090911Probation service needs its own voicehttp://www.guardianpublic.co.uk/probation-service-cjmThis prison blogger won't be silencedhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/14/prison-blogging-lawPrisoners are ready for a taste of democracyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/sep/16/prisoners-involvement-rehabilitationLargest of America's two prisons in Iraq to shuthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/16/us-prison-iraq-bucca-closureUS plans Afghan prisoner overhaulhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8253023.stmNew prison to take name of riverhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8254806.stmHeroin supply clinic 'cuts crime'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8255418.stmSpain urged to end detention lawhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8255749.stmTory plans to cut 'surveillance'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8258043.stmPrison chief 'concerned' by drugs  (Scotland)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8259459.stmAt last we can count the cost of doing nothinghttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/melanie_reid/article6837529.eceWandsworth jail ‘failing to tackle £1m drugs trade’http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23745214-details/Wandsworth+jail+failing+to+tackle+1m+drugs+trade/article.doMacAskill is accused over prison ‘meltdown’  (Scotland)http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1400185?UserKey=Cash crisis in prisoner rehabilitation scheme adds to overcrowdinghttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/cash-crisis-in-prisoner-rehabilitation-scheme-adds-to-overcrowding-1788700.htmlU.S. works to reduce prison population as Canada boosts sentenceshttp://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5igLUo-fyvKTJBHPB2QNWERYYfB4QPrison staff praised for ‘transformation’http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2259.htmlParliament examines plans for prison shake-up (France)http://www.france24.com/en/20090915-french-lawmakers-examine-prison-reform-bill