Teachers sought for youth prisons

Martin Corey is a 63-year-old man jailed in the six counties of Ireland's north still claimed by Britain. He has been held for three years without trial. On April 16, 2010, Corey's house in Lurgan was visited by members of the Police Service of ...

Bold new proposals for the reform of youth custody push for a greater focus on education, both during and after sentencing. Catch22's Fran Pollard welcomes the plans Seven out of 10 young peoplewho leave custody will re-offend the highest ...

The Probation Service is an agency of the Department of Justice and Equality committed to working to achieve the high level objectives and policy goals of the Department in working for safer communities. The Service works closely with the Courts ...

A rally last year protesting the death in 2004 of Aboriginal youth TJ Hickey. (Photo: Peter Boyle.) Social justice and anti-deaths in custody organisations around Australia formed a new national coalition on February 10. The new group will allow for ...

A prison is never the best solution for a kid with serious [mental health] problems, says John Maki, executive director the John Howard Association of Illinois, an independent watchdog organization. The century-old organization is devoted to ...

Crime and ennui in Columbia Heights, D.C., overwhelmed the adolescence of Elmer Diaz, a first-generation immigrant from El Salvador. He was always bright, but with his hard-working parents constantly away from home, Elmer's life became entwined with ...

Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Mr. K.Rehman Khan discuss various issues with the officials of Wakf Board and State Minorities Commission yesterday. The meeting was arranged by Chairman of A.P. State Minorities Commission, Mr. Abid Rasool Khan, ...

PRISON life has not been kind to Australian serial killer Bandali Michael Debs. Once a brooding hulk of a man who took pleasure in killing, Debs is now a grey-haired old man.Debs - known as "Ben" - hid his demon behind an everyman facade: to most ...

On Tuesday, The Salvation Army of Wilson celebrated its 86th anniversary of meeting the needs of those within the community at the Army's annual spring banquet. Dozens attended the event titled "Giving to the Community!" held at First Baptist Church ...