We like to think that we always offer you great juice when it comes to the latest on family related news, but today’s Buzz is, we have to say, even if we do say so ourselves, pure brilliance.
Clearly the brilliance has nothing to do with us, but just one look at the items below and you’ll see what we mean. Maybe we get a digestive for corralling all this hugely important news in one place…..
- Keeping Female Prisoners close to Home, Preserving Family Ties – We like this. A lot.
- Drop in the Use of Restraints Through Restorative Justice – We hate the idea of children being restrained, and often in understandably awkward ways for health and safety, but so demeaning and belittling for all, so this is a welcome development
- Government Rejects Calls to Give 17 Year Olds the same rights as 16 Year Olds in custody – Hugely disappointing
- Campaigners Urge Lib Dems to suspend new legal aid proposals – Under 25s hugely impacted by the lack of support.
Researching Reform 
I am all in favour of giving women prisoners the additional ‘privilege’ of being imprisoned near their home. Hopefully this privilege could then be extend to men (who also have families BTW), in the same way that women have always been allowed “mufti” but men had to earned the concession.
Quite what the Convention on Human Rights and the general Equality Brigade would say at this initial sexual discrimination is any one’s guess.
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That’s an interesting point, Robert. Made not without your inimitable acerbic wit, but interesting nonetheless 🙂
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