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  Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International  Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.It's time to restore this alternative to short prison sentenceshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/16/day-centres-cut-prison-populationKyrgzstan mulls return to death penaltyhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8275345.stmLibya to demolish notorious prison, frees 88 Islamistshttp://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ibemtnDNAa-rZ4b5-ZTcTMlPBQsQYoung women's prison rated 'very safe'http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Youth-Justice/945884/Young-womens-prison-rated-very-safe/URUGUAY: Prison Without Bars Offers True Rehabilitationhttp://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48876Higher jail rates linked to media publicity: WA Chief Justice (Australia)http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/higher-jail-rates-linked-to-media-publicity-wa-chief-justice-20091015 Prisons accused of transferring most difficult inmates to pass inspectionshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/18/prisons-accused-transferring-inmatesHow 'ghosting' threatens to plunge UK jails into fresh crisishttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/18/ghosting-threatens-plunge-uk-jailsWe are shockingly complacent about locking up 2,000 children a yearhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/18/henry-porter-asylum-seekers-immigrationCourts 'should consider mothers'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8313876.stmCommunity service ‘too hard for felons’ (Scotland)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6879556.eceSix-month jail sentences reduced to six weeks to ease jail overcrowdinghttp://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6880049.ece#Putting the Sense into Sentencinghttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article6880063.ecePrisoner numbers reach new high  (New Zealand)http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&#38;objectid=10604152 NHS should care for those in custodyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/19/nhs-medical-care-detainees-custodyPrisoner swapping: Trading in vulnerable liveshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/20/prisoner-swapping-vulnerable-livesPrison governors face sack over scandal of swapped inmateshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/20/prisons-transfer-scandal-pentonville-wandsworthEsmé Madill: End the inhumanity of child detentionhttp://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/esm-madill-end-the-inhumanity-of-child-detention-1805644.htmlPrisons need the glare of scrutinyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/20/prison-inspectors-inmate-swapsBehind the walls of Nottingham Prisonhttp://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/walls-Nottingham-Prison/article-1432265-detail/article.htmlStill no price tag attached to new sentencing bill (Canada)http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iYxm9qUQcjn8cYWgB_n-Eon5yb9AShipping container to house mentally impaired prisoner (Australia)http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/20/2719331.htmBuilding prisons does nothing to reduce crimehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6882929.eceHigh Down Prison inmates to be treated for Hep C behind barshttp://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/4693589.Prison_inmates_to_be_treated_for_Hep_C_behind_bars/U.N. investigator tells of horrors of world prisonshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/20/AR2009102003041.htmlMurder accused found dead in cellhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8316610.stm