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NILSEN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Dennis Nilsen is bringing a judicial review over the right to publish his autobiography.
Sunday Times 07/09/03 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,2-531-795544,00.html

FIRE AT WETHERBY YOI
A fire in the early hours of Saturday morning at HM YOI Wetherby is being investigated by police who have arrested a 16 year old boy.
BBC News Online 07/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/3087572.stm

NORWICH TO OPEN SPECIALIST WING FOR OLD PRISONERS
Norwich prison is to open a new specialist wing to cater for older prisoners.
Observer 07/09/03 http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1037109,00.html

PROTEST AT MAGHABERRY
A group of protestors have gathered outside Maghaberry prison in Northern Ireland.
BBC News Online 07/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3087970.stm

'CELEBRITIES' SPEND NIGHT IN BIRMINGHAM
Terry Waite joined other famous people for a night in Birmingham prison to raise money for a children's charities.
BBC News Online 07/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3085864.stm

GOVERNOR SUSPENDED
The governor of Shepton Mallet prison has been suspended over bullying allegations.
BBC News Online 05/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3085056.stm

BLOCK ON FERTILITY TREATMENT FOR PRISONERS' WIFE
A women who married a lifer at Dovegate prison has been denied the right to have his child by artificial insemination.
BBC News Online 05/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/3085092.stm

REPORT CRITICAL OF DOVEGATE
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a critical report into the private Dovegate prison in Staffordshire highlighting a lack of staff experience and a failure to deal with bullying.
Ananova 03/09/03 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_815547.html
BBC News Online 03/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/3202733.stm
Guardian 03/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1034331,00.html
Telegraph 03/09/03 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F0

VIRTUAL PRISON TOUR
The Prison Service have launched an online virtual tour of a prison.
Mirror 03/09/03 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=13366123&method=full

VENGEANCE NOT A REASON TO IMPRISON
...so writes Simon Jenkins in The Times.
Times 03/09/03 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-152-801923,00.html

DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE AT CARDIFF
A critical report into Cardiff prison has highlighted the poor drug facilities at the prison.
BBC News Online 02/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3198875.stm

CAT 'A' PRISONERS SHOULD SEE REPORTS
The High Court has ruled that Category A prisoners do have the right to see reports on their risk levels following a case brought by a prisoner at Frankland prison in County Durham.
Guardian 01/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1033713,00.html
Times 02/09/03 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-797792,00.html

NEW DPP CRITICISES 'GROTESQUE' PRISON SENTENCES
The new Director of Public Prosecutions has criticised 'grotesque' prison sentences.
Times 01/09/03 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-799879,00.html

ASHFIELD RIOT CASE IN COURT
A nineteen year-old prisoner has appeared in court charged with mutiny over a riot at Ashfield YOI near Bristol.
BBC News Online 01/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3199609.stm


Voluntary Sector

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Parliament

Parliament is now in Summer Recess and will return on 8th September. For further information visit the UK Parliament website - click here.


Prison Population Statistics

The population of prisons in England and Wales on Friday 5th September 2003 was as follows:

                                   This Week        Last Week         Last Year
              Total              73,193             73,040              71,727

The population of prisons in Northern Ireland on Friday 5th September 2003 was as follows:

                                   This Week        Last Week         Last Year
              Total              1,130               1,102                1,028

The population statistics for Scotland are not published online by the Scottish Prison Service but the average population at any one time is 6,500.


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