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“Pioneering project helps kids stay out of trouble:Children as young as seven who are getting into trouble are being offered help through a pioneering new project in Glasgow.
The Directions Project, in the city’s south side, aims to stop troubled children aged seven to 12 from spiralling into crime. . .” Evening Times
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Posted by MM on Wed 31st Mar 2004 at 9:51 pm“Police could be allowed to tap anti-social teenagers’ phones: New powers to tap the phones of anti-social teenagers and prolific offenders who cause misery in their communities may be given to police following comments yesterday by Tony Blair [. . .] The legislation covering surveillance is reserved and would therefore be dealt with by Westminster rather than Holyrood. . .“Herald
“Phone taps may catch 5,000 worst tearaways” Times
“Blair targets ‘most prolific’ offenders” Guardian
“Blair vows to crack down on criminals” Independent
Press release
“Crime plan targets 5,000 key offenders: The Prime Minister has announced plans to tackle the hard core of offenders that cause the most crime and create the most fear in local communities . . .” No 10 Downing Street.
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PM’s speech on crime reduction. 30.3.04.
“Euro court backs prisoner over voting rights: Laws preventing all convicted prisoners from voting in elections are a breach of their human rights, the European Court in Strasbourg decided yesterday. . .” Telegraph
“Prisoners must get right to vote, says court: The government will be forced to lift a ban on prisoners voting dating back to 1870 after the European court of human rights ruled yesterday it breached a lifer’s human rights. . .” Guardian
Posted by MM on Wed 31st Mar 2004 at 2:06 pm“Officers target teenage disorder: A one-night police crackdown on youth disorder and under-age drinking resulted in the seizure of more than 130 bottles of alcohol.
Officers also issued 140 official warnings during the operation, which happened on Friday night across the Central Scotland Police area. . .” BBC
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Central Scotland Police. Operation Reassurance
Posted by MM on Wed 31st Mar 2004 at 2:04 pm“Crackdown on drivers who are flouting seatbelt laws: A Police crackdown on drivers who fail to belt up behind the wheel snared 50 offenders in its first day. . .” Press and Journal
Posted by MM on Wed 31st Mar 2004 at 2:02 pm
“Crackdown launched to tackle youth crime: A campaign has been launched to tackle young thugs who are making life a misery for families. Police are spearheading the crackdown on gang culture, drug dealing and anti-social behaviour in Larkfield and Braeside, Inverclyde . . .” Evening Times
Bus crime victims tell kids about dangers of vandalism: Children have met victims of bus vandalism in a bid to show them the consequences of throwing stones at vehicles. Youngsters from schools throughout Greater Easterhouse watched a play about bus crime before meeting real-life victims. . .” Evening Times
Posted by MM on Tue 30th Mar 2004 at 9:20 pm[url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/justice/sbwuk.pdf]Guidelines on Special Branch work
in the United Kingdom.[/url]
Posted by MM on Tue 30th Mar 2004 at 9:18 pm
Update
Press release
“Proposed amendment of Section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994: A further consultation document has been issued on the proposed amendment of Section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. . .” SPS
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Following posted on 16.12.03
Press Release
The Home Office has issued a Consultation Paper on the proposed amendment to Section 127 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. This “makes it unlawful for a person to induce a prison officer to withhold his services or to commit a breach of discipline. The proposal is to amend Section 127 by way of a Regulatory Reform Order so that it no longer applies in relation to inducements in respect of prison officers in the England and Wales and the Scotland prison service jurisdictions where the relevant parties have signed up to contractually binding Voluntary Industrial Relations Agreements.”
The dead-line for responses is the 9th February 2004. SPS News
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“The proposed change to the legislation recognises the improvement in
relations between the POA and the Prison Services in both the England and
Wales and the Scotland jurisdictions, and honours the pledge made by the
Government prior to the 1997 General Election and reiterated by the Home
Secretary in 2003.”
“Meeting demanded over open prisons: Presssure is increasing on Scottish Executive justice minister Cathy Jamieson to meet the visiting committees for Noranside and Castle Huntly open prisons in the wake of a scathing inspectors? report. . .” Courier 31.3.04.
“Crisis meeting over open prisons: The visiting committees of two heavily-criticised Tayside open prisons will meet in emergency session today to devise a strategy aimed at putting pressure on the Scottish Prison Service to tackle problems in the jails. Earlier this year Noranside, near Forfar, and Castle Huntly, just west of Dundee, were the subject of a no holds barred report by prison inspectors which condemned many aspects of their running. . .” Courier
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Entry in this log: 10.2.04.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons. Open Estate.
Note also entry in Wordpress version: search ‘prison visitors’