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Category: Prison

November 15, 2016November 15, 2016mbarker2012

How the Actions of the Prison Officers Association and the Irish Police Demonstrate the Need to Oppose Austerity Now, Not Later

November 2, 2016November 2, 2016mbarker2012

People Power (in Leicester) Versus the Government

August 29, 2015September 1, 2015mbarker2012

Why You Shouldn’t Talk to Protesters

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015mbarker2012

Criminal Overcrowding

June 23, 2015July 3, 2015mbarker2012

Riot Shows Prison Cuts Do Not Work

June 19, 2015June 23, 2015mbarker2012

Prison Cuts Don’t Work

March 22, 2015July 14, 2015mbarker2012

Keith Vaz and Profiteering at Immigration Centres

March 8, 2015March 8, 2015mbarker2012

Vital to Reverse Privatisation of our Prisons

March 2, 2015March 3, 2015mbarker2012

Leicester’s Prison Problem

May 8, 2013March 2, 2015mbarker2012

Healthcare Lockup

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