Topic: Prisons
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Recipes from an Iranian prison: ‘If there is one book that shows the power of words, it’s this one’
Sepideh Gholian’s The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club is a memoir-cum-cookbook from the Iranian activist held in the country’s notorious jail
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An empty chair at the table: the mothers whose children are in prison this Ramadan
Relatives of women accused of breaking into an Israeli business in Bristol say their daughters have experienced harsh prison conditions
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I visited a prison — it’s clear something has to change
Justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has rejected a proposal intended to address racial imbalances in sentencing. But she’s running out of options
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No regrets: the people in prison for protesting against the war in Gaza
More than a dozen pro-Palestine protesters are spending the anniversary of 7 October in British jails. Their message for the world? It was worth it
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The far right’s two-tier policing myth is racial gaslighting
It is clear that identity can affect a person's experience of law enforcement but it is people of colour who are at the sharp end of double standards
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Why jailing extremists ‘won’t be enough’ to defeat a resurgent far right
Keir Starmer has promised swift justice for rioters after racist violence swept Britain. Here’s what he should do, according to veteran activists and extremism experts
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Muslim chaplains tend to prisoners of all religions
Alamgeer Choudhury talks about his interfaith work, Covid-19 and changing lives
