Prisons
We Shouldn’t Let Old Men Rot Away In Jail
As the prison population ages, more and more elderly, often disabled inmates are left in their cells, unable to cope yet fearful of release
Mr Gove, Here Is Our Statute of Liberty
The European Convention is no longer fit for purpose. It is time for the Lord Chancellor to enshrine our freedoms in British law
A British Bill Of Rights
Geoffrey Robertson drafts a Statute of Liberty
Scrub up the Scrubs to make prison work
Chris Grayling has cut the cost of keeping convicts in jail, but my time behind bars taught me that rehabilitation is still a worthwhile goal
Banalities From Behind Bars
Bland, self-serving and naive, Vicky Price’s ‘prison memoir’ contains not a jot of insight or introspection
The Healing Power of Forgiveness
A new project allows crime victims to move on — by pardoning those who attacked them
ONLINE ONLY: An Untidy Bill
Buried in the Coroners and Justice Bill, about to be rammed through Parliament, are a variety of potentially disastrous changes to the law
Make the Right Connection
Cameron’s former speechwriter quit politics to devote himself to Only Connect, a theatre group for ex-prisoners.
On the Straight and Narrow
Volunteers from the New Bridge Foundation befriend convicts and help to ease their reintegration on release
Underfunded, Overcrowded
Standpoint’s Mole in a prison reveals a world of incompetence and intimidation
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past