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Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.Korea rules death penalty legalhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8536355.stmMan left in prison cell with corpse for 16 hours (Ireland)http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/man-left-in-prison-cell-with-corpse-for-16-hours-14700393.htmlPrison’s healthcare has ‘alarming problems’http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/content/bexley/times/news/story.aspx?brand=BXYOnline&#38;category=news&#38;tBrand=northlondon24&#38;tCategory=newsbxy&#38;itemid=WeED25%20Feb%202010%2011%3A38%3A25%3A900Intensive fostering offers an alternative for young offendershttp://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/public_sector/article7041396.eceWill there ever be an end to the Guyana Prison Service’s problems?http://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/guyana-review/02/25/public-safety-inside-story-the-problems-of-the-prison-service/PHILIPPINES: Overcrowding fuels TB in prisonshttp://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88241Immigration bosses to be quizzed after asylum seekers were 'beaten' by guardshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/28/yarls-wood-assaults£140,000: the annual cost of jailing a young criminalhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/mar/01/jail-young-offenders-rehabilitationLegal challenge over Yarl's Wood womenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/mar/01/yarls-wood-legal-challengeThe parties' woolly thinking is putting our human rights at riskhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/01/human-rights-uk-debate-reformKnife prison plan not 'effective' (Scotland)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8541853.stmInmates advised on early release optionshttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/inmates-advised-on-early-release-options-1913870.htmlSpain's 'guardian angels' help reduce prison suicideshttp://www.expatica.com/es/news/news_focus/Spain_s-_guardian-angels_-help-reduce-prison-suicides_60929.htmlWelsh Assembly members call for devolution of young offender institutionshttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/987063/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletinThe real distress at Yarl's Woodhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/mar/01/yarls-wood-condition-visitPaedophile found hanged in cellhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/paedophile-found-hanged-in-cell-1914504.htmlYouth prisons have only 11 special needs expertshttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Education/987283/Youth-prisons-11-special-needs-experts/Impact of parent’s jail term on children ‘should be factor’ (Scotland)http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/impact-of-parent-s-jail-term-on-children-should-be-factor-1.1010280Youth jail education provider set to wield axehttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/987289/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletinThe Human Rights Act does protect ushttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/mar/02/human-rights-actIPCC chair new prison inspectorhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8547213.stmMore than 150 children convicted of crimes every dayhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7353682/More-than-150-children-convicted-of-crimes-every-day.htmlKeep young offenders out of adult courts, says panel (Scotland)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7047327.ecePrison is praised for major improvementshttp://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/displayarticle.asp?id=485984Turkmen Leader Calls For Liberalizing Criminal Codehttp://www.rferl.org/content/Turkmen_Leader_Calls_For_Liberalizing_Criminal_Code/1973251.htmlBill Keeping Moms From Prison Passes (US)http://www.koco.com/politics/22721071/detail.htmlOnly 11 Percent of Prison Inmates Receive Treatment  (US)http://dryspace.org/2010/03/02/only-11-percent-of-prison-inmates-receive-treatment/Rwanda: Police, Prisons Sign Performance Contractshttp://allafrica.com/stories/201003030096.htmlPrison service 'cannot cope with indefinite sentences'http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/prison-service-cannot-cope-with-indefinite-sentences-1915835.htmlSeparate Block For Prison-Babies (Ghana)http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/39518.phpRing the Alarm: Brazil's Prison System in Serious Troublehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/juan-e-m/ring-the-alarm-brazils-pr_b_483744.htmlYoung people's rehab centre forced to closehttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/988007/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletin