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  Information from Helen Fair, Research Associate, International  Centre for Prison Studies, School of Law King's College London.the probation service in crisis?http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jun/10/probation-service-interviewsConcern over sex offender release  (Scotland)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8093750.stmTerror suspects win legal battlehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8092763.stmPrison mental health team wins awardhttp://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/homenews/Prison-mental-health-team-wins-award/article-1064140-detail/article.htmlTotal of 689 Czechs in prison, custody abroad - ministryhttp://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/total-of-689-czechs-in-prison-custody-abroad-ministry/381864Mental health is key to youth crimehttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/912068/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJusticeis undermining justicehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jun/12/letters-secrecy-undermining-justiceDrug centre trails new treatmentshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/8094887.stmBritain urged to allow prisoners to votehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/jun/12/uk-criticised-prisoners-vote-banAustralian Aboriginal prisoner 'cooked to death' in vanhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/14/australia-aborigine-cooked-prison-vanBrigadier is new prison inspector  (Scotland)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8096823.stmFire at immigration removal unithttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/8098715.stmEuro threat to Scots justicehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6493674.eceScandal of killers on probationhttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6493529.ecePrisoners to be released and tagged (Ireland)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6494068.eceMinimum sentencing and parole for prisoners? (South Africa)http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&#38;click_id=13&#38;art_id=vn20090615050855208C816772Probation service cuts not as extreme as union claimed, says prisons chiefhttp://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/2009/06/probation-service-cuts-not-as-extreme-as-union-claimed-says-prisons-chief.htmYouth Justice Board opens special unit in Yorkshirehttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/912924/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletinInmate found hanged in jail cellhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8101124.stmDominic Lawson: Our system of justice is not just rotten – it is lethalhttp://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/dominic-lawson/dominic-lawson-our-system-of-justice-is-not-just-rotten-ndash-it-is-lethal-1706037.htmlComing soon: a prison for women, by women (India)http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Coming-soon-a-prison-for-women-by-women/articleshow/4660164.cmsHigh Down prisoner hanged himself days after being taken off suicide watch, inquest hearshttp://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/4439428.Prisoner_hanged_himself_days_after_being_taken_off_suicide_watch__inquest_hears/Number of narcotics offenders in Finnish prison at a ten year lowhttp://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=22136&#38;group=General'Government Deliberately Created Prison Cell Surplus' (Netherlands)http://www.nisnews.nl/public/160609_1.htmGlobal crisis breaks into Hungarian prisonshttp://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE55B2T720090612Young offenders fail to receive minimum education hourshttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Daily-Bulletin/news/913204/?DCMP=EMC-DailyBulletinJudge warns on sentence increaseshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8117765.stmMinister admits blunder over remand statisticshttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/915104/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJusticeCustody scheme to branch outhttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/915107/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJusticeRestraint figures give mixed picturehttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/915099/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJusticeThink tank calls for civil youth courtshttp://www.cypnow.co.uk/bulletins/Youth-Justice/news/914947/?DCMP=EMC-YouthJusticePhase out short prison terms, says chief constable David Strang (Scotland)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6579245.eceMacAskill should have seen system was going awry for a long time (Scotland)http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/MacAskill-should-have-seen-system.5404464.jpNo quick fix for probation's problemshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/jun/24/probation-system-failuresBid to speed up community service (Scotland)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8115005.stm£1m migrants project 'a scandal'http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8115630.stmWoolf v Genn: the decline of civil justicehttp://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6564894.ecePrisons guards get armour, batons, pepper spray (New Zealand)http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/prisons-guards-get-armour-batons-pepper-spray-104073Rioting Congo prisoners rape 20 womenhttp://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE55M1RY20090623