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'Prison party' exposes 'economic apartheid'
“This kind of special treatment for certain offenders who are connected politically, socially, economically or rich… is absolutely nothing new,” CCRM president Golden Miles Bhudu said. Du Preez and Becker were re-arrested on Sunday just days after …
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Residents' joy as bid to extend hours at Durham drug treatment centre dropped
RESIDENTS are delighted after their campaign to prevent a controversial drug and alcohol treatment centre opening late into the evening ended in success. People living in Whinney Hill, Durham City, have been fighting to stop the Centre for Change …
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Pentonville prison's future in doubt after highly critical inspection report
"Nevertheless, it is clear that Pentonville cannot operate as a modern, 21st-century prison without investment in its physical condition, adequate staffing levels to manage its complex population, and effective support from the centre. If these things …
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