Posts Tagged ‘Police’
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George Coombs
10th December 2008
On the 28th October after nearly two months on hunger strike William Johnston finally won his battle for proper medical treatment at Glenochil prison in Stirlingshire. This represents a decisive victory for all prisoners at Glenochil who have long suffered serious medical neglect and an attitude on the part of [...]
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Tags: custody, injustice, Police, Prison
Provided by
George Coombs
30th November 2008
Britain has a long and pernicious history of abusing and brutalizing working class children confined to state institutions, so it was hardly surprising recently when a statutory instrument amending the rules governing the treatment of children in “secure training centres” legitimized the use of so-called “physical control in care restraint [...]
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Tags: asylum, custody, Police, Prison, refugees