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MAGHABERRY DISTURBANCE
Prison officers managed to quell a potential disturbance at the Northern Ireland prison.
BBC News Online 18/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3119532.stm

LORD ARCHER: PRISON REFORMER
Reports of Lord Archer's call for prison reform at the Howard League's annual conference - his first public appearance since being released from prison earlier this year.
Ananova 18/09/03 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_820519.html
BBC News Online 18/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3120590.stm
BBC News Online 18/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3118212.stm
BBC News Online 18/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3117982.stm
E-Politix 11/09/03 http://www.e-politix.com/data/Interview/
Express 18/09/03 http://www.express.co.uk/story.html?story=6&r=106393077121514944
Guardian 19/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1045204,00.html
Guardian 18/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1044332,00.html
Guardian 18/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1044334,00.html
Guardian 18/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/archer/article/0,2763,1044070,00.html (Full speech)
Independent 18/09/03 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=444502
Mirror 19/09/03 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13424418
Reuters 18/09/03 http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=37509
Sky News 18/09/03 http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12785795,00.html
Sun 19/09/03 http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003432191,00.html
Telegraph 18/09/03 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F
Times 19/09/03 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-822478,00.html
Times 18/09/03 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-820988,00.html

YOUNG PRISONER DIES AT AYLESBURY
A 20 year-old prisoner at Aylesbury YOI was found dead in his cell after spending seven years in custody.
BBC News Online 17/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/3117466.stm

MURDER AT STRANGEWAYS
A man has been charged with the murder of his cellmate at Manchester prison.
Ananova 16/09/03 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_819786.html
BBC News Online 18/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3119750.stm
BBC News Online 17/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3117424.stm
BBC News Online 16/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3112300.stm
Guardian 17/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1043731,00.html

PRISON VAN OVERTURNS ON MOTORWAY
A Group 4 cellular vehicle overturned on the M6 following a collision.
Ananova 17/09/03 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_820187.html

GOVERNOR QUITS LIVERPOOL
The recently-appointed governor of Liverpool prison has resigned from his post.
Ananova 16/09/03 http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_819775.html
BBC News Online 16/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/3112660.stm
Guardian 17/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1043730,00.html

SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAMME NOT REACHING ALL PRISONERS
The NSPCC has claimed that a high number of sex offenders are leaving prison not having completed the Sex Offender Treatment Programme (SOTP).
BBC News Online 16/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3112356.stm

INQUEST INTO DURHAM DEATH
An inquest has heard of the worries over safety of a female prisoner who was found hanged in her cell at Durham prison.
BBC News Online 15/09/03 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/3109782.stm

NO APOLOGY FOR DYING EX-PRISONER
A man dying of cancer after prison doctors failed to spot a tumor and instead issued indigestion tablets has been refused an apology.
Guardian 15/09/03 http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1042903,00.html

GREEN PAPER ON CHILDREN IGNORES THOSE IN PRISON
Proposed reforms to the youth justice system will do nothing to stem the number of children being sent to prison, according to campaigners.
Independent 15/09/03 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=443186


Voluntary Sector

HOWARD LEAGUE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The Annual Conference of the Howard League for Penal Reform took place at New College, Oxford, on Wednesday and Thursday. Speakers included Mike Newell, Lucy Gampbell, and Lord Archer. For further information visit http://web.ukonline.co.uk/howard.league/press/170903.htm

Parliament

Parliament is now in Conference Recess and will return on 6th October (Lords) and 14th October (Commons). The Prime Minister's Office has announced that the Queen's Speech will take place on Wednesday 26th November. Prorogation is expected to take place on Thursday 20th November.

The Liberal Democrat Party Conference begins in Brighton on Sunday. Link

Debate: Constitutional Reform (Peers disqualified from sitting by virtue of a prison sentence)
Lords Hansard Col 1057 - 18/09/03 - Link

PQ: Racism in Prisons
Lord Ouseley - Lords Hansard Col WA176 - 17/09/03 - Link

PQ: Prison Escapes
Lord Marlesford - Lords Hansard Col WA177 - 17/09/03 - Link

PQ: Prison Service / Criminal Records Bureau
Annette Brooke MP - Commons Hansard Col WA579 - 15/09/03 - Link

Prison Population

Prison Population statistics for Friday 19th September were not available at the time this bulletin was compiled.

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

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