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 Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International  Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.prisons are failing womenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/13/prisons-women-human-rightsRow over claims that crime lords 'running empires from jail using PlayStations'http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6280199.eceRoom for improvement at Northallerton prisonhttp://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/northyorkshire/4365391.Room_for_improvement_at_Northallerton_prison/Problems with Afghan Prisons Reported before Prostitution Scandal (Finland)http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/05/problems_with_afghan_prisons_reported_before_prostitution_scandal_737249.htmlTN prisoners get a feel of polling booths for the first time  (India)http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/TN-prisoners-get-a-feel-of-polling-booths-for-the-first-time/articleshow/4526733.cmsYouth custody numbers drop to a five-year lowhttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/905176/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletinPrison violence 'up by one third'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8054630.stmProbation chief David Scott quits as blundering service nears ‘meltdown’http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6302065.eceSean Connery poaches jails chief Mike Ewart  (Scotland)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6301662.eceWanted: crooks' labour for free (Scotland)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6301632.eceJack Straw's inquest rethink cheers campaignershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/15/jack-straw-inquests-private-jury-chakrabartiStill miserable (France)http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13653923 Rapist among two dead in custodyhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8056263.stmHalf of prisoners die of starvation in Zimbabwe jailshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/5345106/Half-of-prisoners-die-of-starvation-in-Zimbabwe-jails.htmlChile Prison Guards Go on Strikehttp://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=335085&#38;CategoryId=14094Amnesty International To Probe Conditions In Libyan Prisons - Officialhttp://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=200905180905dowjonesdjonline000235&#38;title=amnesty-international-to-probe-conditions-in-libyan-prisons-officialPrison Watch Launches Report on Status of Women and Juveniles in Detention In Sierra Leonehttp://www.news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_200512231.shtml ________________________________________________________________________ 