insidetime issue June 2013
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Legal aid cuts threaten society
Cuts to legal aid risk damaging ‘access to justice which is of the essence in a civilised society’, the country’s most senior judge has warned
Lord Neuberger, President of The Supreme Court said in a lecture in London that any citizen should be able to take a case to court no matter how small it may be.
But changes in the legal aid system meant some will be ‘prevented or seriously disadvantaged’ from doing so.
Sir Anthony Hooper, former senior judge said that plans to reform legal aid will be ‘absolutely devastating’ for Britain’s’ legal system and will result in more miscarriages of justice. read full article
Radical reform of prisons – a proposal
Stephen Jackley suggests some changes to the prison system
The Case of Margaret James
The case leaves several questions unanswered says Ben Gunn
Justice: not off the back of a lorry
Veteran campaigner Paul May warns that if the MoJ gets it’s way, many more innocent men and women will go to prison
What they don’t tell you when you give evidence
A cautionary tale from a witness for the defence
More information the better
Guy White from KBS Solicitors examines the role of ‘cost’ and ‘merit’ in appeal cases
Delayed parole hearings and just satisfaction
Barrister Philip Rule explains a landmark case
Tariff assessment reviews
Shahida Begum puts the HMP sentence into legal perspective
To defer or not to defer? That is the question
Emma Davies looks at when inmates should consider a Parole Review deferral, what to do and what to potentially expect from such an application
Ed Tullett - Job Meister
Last year Rachel Billington interviewed Ed Tullett, Governor of HMP Brixton about his project to find external job opportunities for D Cat prisoners. Inside Time interviewed Ed again to find out how things are going…
Month by Month June 2013
Rachel plays a role in the Royal London Society’s work for prisoners and admires an historic prison toilet.
People in glass houses
Charles Hanson asks if there are lessons to be learned from the military prison in Colchester
Immigration detainees
The Prison Reform Trust is concerned about people who stay in prison when their sentence has finished
because they are being considered for deportation.
O brave new world
Recently I was visiting a friend of mine who lives down south, a sprightly elderly lady who’d requested
help maintaining her garden and allotment.
Lucifer’s Lackey
Notes from the other side of the wall
American slavery
Kenneth Gay, a British citizen held at San Quentin, examines California’s dirty little secret
Inside Drink and Drugs News
Drink and Drugs News(DDN) is the monthly magazine for those working with drug and alcohol clients, including in prisons. In a regular bi-monthly column, editor Claire Brown looks at what’s been happening lately in the substance misuse field.
From over the wall
Terry Waite writes his monthly column for Inside Time
Prison Widow
I went out to a restaurant with a few of the girls from work last week and woe and behold... the subject of marriage cropped up.
Challenging deportation under new immigration rules
A Foreign National Prisoner (FNP) may well be forgiven for thinking that fighting a deportation order will be an uphill struggle given the tough rules affecting deportation that have come into force over the last 6 years.
An honest investment… honestly
Being on the wrong side of an investment fraud prosecution
Father's Day Messages
Happy Father's Day
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June 2013 Headlines
Legal aid cuts threaten society
Radical reform of prisons – a proposal
The Case of Margaret James
Justice: not off the back of a lorry
What they don’t tell you when you give evidence
More information the better
Delayed parole hearings and just satisfaction
Tariff assessment reviews
To defer or not to defer? That is the question
Ed Tullett - Job Meister
Month by Month June 2013
People in glass houses
Immigration detainees
O brave new world
Lucifer’s Lackey
American slavery
Inside Drink and Drugs News
From over the wall
Prison Widow
Challenging deportation under new immigration rules
An honest investment… honestly
Father's Day Messages
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