According to new laws in Wales and England, cyclists who murder pedestrians might potentially spend the rest of their lives in prison. Under amendments tabled on Thursday, the Crime and Policing Bill would align death by dangerous cycling with existing motoring laws, according to the Department for Transport (DfT). Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander plans toContinue reading “New Laws Punish Cyclists Who Kill Pedestrians”
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Guards Forcefully Strip A Girl Prisoner
The prison watchdog has said he was ‘deeply shocked’ after a vulnerable teenage girl was forcibly strip-searched by male officers at a child jail. Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, also blasted the ‘inappropriate use of pain-inducing techniques’ at Wetherby Young Offenders Institution (YOI) in West Yorkshire. The institution was holding 165 boys andContinue reading “Guards Forcefully Strip A Girl Prisoner”