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  Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London. The end of secret evidence?http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/dec/02/secret-evidenceBank accounts open prison doorshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/03/bank-accounts-prisoners-co-operativeTories accused of prisons U-turnhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8392027.stmTime limit on 'naming and shaming' criminalshttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/time-limit-on-naming-and-shaming-criminals-1833348.htmlRioting Sierra Leone prisoners stab six wardenshttp://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE5B10H520091202Japanese prison using RFIDs to track inmateshttp://www.rfidnews.org/2009/12/01/japanese-prison-using-rfids-to-track-inmatesSecure service referrals surge as prisons overfillhttp://www.hsj.co.uk/news/mental-health/secure-service-referrals-surge-as-prisonsGovernment denies cuts to prisonhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8392753.stmPunish women 'in the community'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8393965.stmPrison Bars Could Not Stop Them  (Tanzania)http://allafrica.com/stories/200912030774.html Texas executes man at centre of mental disability rowhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/04/texas-execution-mental-disability-iqOpen jail to close for Christmas  (Scotland)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8397925.stmJustice secretary visits Eastwood Park Prisonhttp://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/4782511.Justice_secretary_visits_Eastwood_Park_Prison/One Dead, Two Wounded in Prison Fight in Uruguayhttp://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=348572&#38;CategoryId=23620Tuberculosis and HIV within prisons skyrocketing, a public health threathttp://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/A3C0DA93-DACB-4BC4-9F4C-D66FE8BFC86F.aspThe state of prisons (Pakistan)http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/19-the-state-of-prisons-hh-02Shut down Ohio's machinery of deathhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/dec/08/kenneth-biros-ohio-deathCairo human rights group attacks Arab stateshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/08/cairo-human-rights-reportBan on prisoner votes at next election could breach human rightshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/08/ban-prisoner-votes-human-rightsEuropean watchdog criticises UK prison overcrowdinghttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/08/prison-overcrowding-european-watchdogYouth custody: Formulas for failurehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/09/youth-custody-formulas-for-failureCouncils named and shamed by online audit of public services from bins to jailshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/09/oneplace-website-council-servicesJails drug treatment 'undermined'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8402944.stmCost of locking up foreign prisoners hits £292mhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6743923/Cost-of-locking-up-foreign-prisoners-hits-292m.htmlNine in 10 muggers escape justice, warns charityhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6761046/Nine-in-10-muggers-escape-justice-warns-charity.htmlPrison population growth slows in 2008 (US)http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g1wgln2mEWNAwig2XSZeVWb_VwpQD9CFCNN04Only a third of young offenders think prison workshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6763420/Only-a-third-of-young-offenders-think-prison-works.htmlMore contractor transparency mooted (Scotland)http://www.cnplus.co.uk/regional-news/scotland/more-contractor-transparency-mooted/5211822.articleMove children out of migrant centres, say medical expertshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/10/immigration-detention-children-mental-healthMuslim ex-inmates to get mentorshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8403245.stmGovernment working on public prisons handover to private sector (New   Zealand)http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/government-working-public-prisons-handover-private-sector-116205Sanitary pad crisis hits hospitals, prisons (Zimbabwe)http://www.thezimbabwetimes.com/?p=25744Strategy to break link between poor health and youth crimehttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/972726/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJustice