News Mayor of London urged to take 'strategic approach' to get ex-offenders back into work Sadiq Khan has been called upon to take a lead in creating a 'strategic, joined-up approach' to help upskill former prisoners Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter
News Hunger strikers 'likely to die if David Lammy doesn't agree to meeting' say lawyers The MP, who represents the Hackney wards of Brownswood and Woodberry Down, is 'as a senior government minister with oversight of His Majesty’s prison service, uniquely placed to bring about a resolution of the situation' Author: Lizzie McAllister
Features Locked up in lockdown: How coronavirus has exposed the flaws in our prison system Charities speak out amid growing concerns for the physical and mental health of inmates, with restrictions taking a ‘terrible toll’ Author: Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley
News London Fields resident Lucy Vincent campaigns for better food for prisoners Following critical report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons, journalist says feeding convicts more nutritious meals could help reform them Author: Hackney Citizen
News Pentonville Prison escapee James Anthony Whitlock arrested in Hackney Fugitive arrested at address in Shepherds Lane, Homerton, yesterday afternoon after escaping from jail earlier this month Author: Hackney Citizen
News Hackney-based Howard League calls on Chris Grayling to reverse prisons’ book ban Justice secretary to consider request from charity and leading authors Author: Hackney Citizen
News Don’t jail thieves, says Hackney-based Howard League for Penal Reform Professor Andrew Ashworth calls for change in law Author: Hackney Citizen
