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 Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International  Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.Ben Gunn, the blogging prisoner locked in a strugglehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/07/ben-gunn-blogging-prisoner-aopTories 'to end criminal privacy'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8293881.stmAt least someone in prison can't rob youhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6267399/At-least-someone-in-prison-cant-rob-you.htmlThe Big Question: How can we end the crisis in Britain's overcrowded prisons?http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-big-question-how-can-we-end-the-crisis-in-britains-overcrowded-prisons-1798640.htmlThe death of prisoner Baranovskyhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-death-of-prisoner-baranovsky-1800907.htmlFrench idea for jailshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6870105.eceCourts' IT problems delay the publication of key crime statisticshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6868920.eceFunding row over SNP's prison plans (Scotland)http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Funding-row-over-SNP39s-prison.5722673.jpSA's prisons on the 'point of collapse'  (South Africa)http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&#38;click_id=3102&#38;art_id=nw20091011181719633C886560Woman guard in hospital after six-hour riot at prison (Scotland)http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Woman-guard-in-hospital-after.5723269.jpJP blasts call to scrap short prison termshttp://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/JP-blasts-call-to-scrap.5722284.jpRevealed: courts let dangerous foreign criminals stay in Britainhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6292414/Revealed-courts-let-dangerous-foreign-criminals-stay-in-Britain.htmlPrisons Overcrowded …UNMIL Expresses Concern (Liberia)http://theinquirer.com.lr/story.php?record_id=1816&#38;sub=14Report commends improvements at Reading YOIhttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/944300/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletinWrong-headed calls for a 'bill of rights'http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/oct/07/bill-of-rights-labour-conservativesFormer prisons inspector calls for release of murdererhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/07/ben-gunn-ramsbothamWhat would the Conservatives do for law and order?http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/08/conservatives-law-order-crimeCharities should help run prisons, say Torieshttp://thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/943454/Charities-help-run-prisons-say-Tories/`90 Percent of Parole Applications Approved` (South Korea)http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&#38;biid=2009100876378Campaigner calls for YJB break-uphttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/943686/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJustice Children made 'sick with fear' in UK immigration detention centreshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/13/children-immigration-detention-healthYouth Prison Model Sets High Bar (US)http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125530227974178973.htmlOSCE trains Kyrgyz prison officialshttp://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2009/10/12/OSCE-trains-Kyrgyz-prison-officials/UPI-63661255362683/Number of deaths in prisons continues to decline (South   Africa)http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/09/09101217551001Johnson to get tough over Asboshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8303989.stmGovt to read death warrant (Bahamas)http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/295637230041384.phpCall for alternative to jail (South Africa)http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/4b2d9afa33f64615ad7caed795abeb72/12-10-2009-10-10/Call_for_alternative_to Detention for children can never be justifiedhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/14/immigrationUS to tackle breeding ground for insurgents in Afghan jailshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/14/afghanistan-prisoners-radicalise-insurgentsNumber of prison inmates exceeds 4,000 for first time (Ireland)http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/1015/1224256692229.htmlOne Protection for Prisoners  (US)http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/opinion/14wed3.html?em 