Lord Chancellor redirects £100 million over next 5 years to improve HMP Wandsworth Violence, self-harm and drug-taking reach unacceptable levels 80 per cent of prisoners in overcrowded conditions His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) issued an Urgent Notification in May after finding that HMP Wandsworth had alarmingly high rates of self-harm, dangerous levels of violence and nearly 50 per cent of prisoners taking drugs. As the inspectorate recognised, the level of chaos at HMP Wandsworth was typical of a prison system crippled by the overcrowding crisis with over 80 per cent of offenders at the jail sharing cells designed to…
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The federal government is due to respond to a parliamentary inquiry into online gambling. Last year the inquiry, led by the late Labor MP Peta Murphy, recommended phasing out gambling advertising over three years leading to a total ban. But there are reports the government will stop at a partial ban. This could take gambling off social media and stop ads from airing within an hour (before and after) sporting matches. How effective would a partial ban be? History shows it may not be enough. Advertising normalises gambling Advertising is one way industries normalise harmful commodities such as gambling. They…
Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the top UN humanitarian official for Sudan expressed “outrage” at the incident. “The aid looted from a WFP convoy in Central Darfur will no longer go to the most vulnerable people in need,” she said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. In a separate post, WFP called on authorities to ensure the perpetrators are held accountable, stressing that “the safe delivery of supplies must be guaranteed by all.” Alarming situation The attack comes against the backdrop of a worsening humanitarian crisis, driven by the ongoing war in Sudan between rival militaries that has left the country teetering…
Screen time is one of the top worries for Australian parents. In a national February 2021 poll by the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, parents rated it as the number-one health issue facing their children. Our previous research also shows parents feel guilty about screens, even though they are all around us. At the same time, guidance on what parents should be doing is confusing. According to the World Health Organization and the Australian government, young children’s screen time should be limited to no more than one hour per day for two- to five-year-olds, while children under two shouldn’t be exposed…
Ireland is set to ban protesters from wearing balaclavas after rioters clashed with police at anti-immigration demonstrations.The new ban will prohibit wearing masks at protests when the intent of the wearing the face covering is to ‘intimidate’ or prevent police from identifying an individual committing a crime, a spokesman for the Justice Minister Helen McEntee told the Irish Independent.Under the new legislation face coverings can be worn for medical reasons or during cold weather, the newspaper reported.It comes after balaclava-wearing protesters threw projectiles at Irish police last month during demonstrations at a proposed asylum site in Coolock, Dublin.Rioters also travelled from Coolock…
PAYETTE, ID – The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $268,417 in back wages and liquidated damages for 76 workers after finding the employer housed them in substandard conditions and wrongly exempted many of them from overtime in violation of federal regulations. An investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division found Ontario Partners LLC had temporary H-2A agricultural workers processing onions from a farm not on their program application and did not pay the workers time-and-one-half rates for hours over 40 in a workweek. The Fair Labor Standards Act only allows employers to use its overtime exemption for employees who only process the employer’s own…
“We recall that targeting critical life-saving infrastructure constitutes a war crime and urge all parties to take all feasible precautions to avoid harm to civilians, humanitarian workers, and critical civilian infrastructure,” his statement continued. Borrell’s statement came hours after Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich suggested letting Gazan civilians die of starvation was “justified and moral” in response to Hamas keeping Israeli hostages. “We are bringing in aid because there is no choice,” he said Monday at a conference in the town of Yad Binyamin, according to Israeli media. “Nobody will let us cause 2 million civilians to die of hunger…
Dr Peace has a strong background in international technology and has held research leadership roles in industry. This includes roles at Unilever and most recently as Chief Research and Development and Quality Officer at Nomad Foods. She has led innovation programmes across many different contexts and has a background in polymer chemistry. The current Innovate UK CEO, Indro Mukerjee, steps down at the end of September this year after three-and-a-half years in the role. UK Research and Innovation Chief Executive Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser said: Indro has been a transformational leader of Innovate UK. His passion and commitment to the…
The Apple Vision Pro is the newest tool for Australians to access three-dimensional, immersive online environments, also known as the metaverse. Released in Australia earlier this month, it allows users to take a (virtual) walk in the savanna from their living room, watch sports matches in an immersive environment, or even buy a house after completing a virtual inspection. But these new online environments also have the potential to enable new crimes. Metacrimes are those crimes occurring in the metaverse. They challenge our definitions of crimes in the digital realm, because they do not fit into existing frameworks of reporting…
States should be more aware of how cities and local governments can help them carry out their diplomatic and scientific strategies. In major global discussions, city-level governments are often the ones who can transform commitments into concrete action. A good example is the actions taken by the City of Montréal to support biodiversity at the recent COP15 conference, as well as Mayor Valérie Plante’s call to other cities around the world to commit to the Montréal Pledge. The aim is for cities to implement 15 tangible actions towards pursuing and accelerating their efforts to preserve ecosystems. This type of action…