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| Date | 01 December 1989 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058903600418 |
| Published date | 01 December 1989 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
properly resourced social work service
mand prisons in the south~east, the
to those appearing before the courts,
proportion of blacks is 37%;
in one in-
particularly those at risk of a remand
stitution (Latchmere House) the pro-
in custody. This service should clear-
portion is as high as 60%.
ly be based on client need and should
These figures are disquieting, to
include assistance with access to ac-
say the least. The reasons for why such
commodation provision and legal,
a high proportion of prisoners, both
medical and welfare benefits advice,
male and female, are black is an area
thereby maximising a defendant’s op-
which is crying out for investigation.
portunity to press for the right to bail.
Quentin Fowler
It should not, however, be the role of
SPO (Research), West Yorkshire
probation staff to provide the CPS with
verification of, or comment on, a
defendant’s personal circumstances as
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such enquiries undermine the prin-
ciples of the Bail Act.’
Is the aim of making conciliation
clear and unambiguous so overriding
Disquieting Figures
that it means conciliation must be
111 the introduction to Ruth Chiqwada’s
taken out of a court context? On the
article (PJ September 1989) it states
figures given in this research, concilia-
’Black women now represent 18% of
tion -
even in court -
is effective in
the rising female prison population.’ I
I
reaching agreements. Some lack of
believe this is an under-estimate of the
consumer satisfaction in the A
schemes
current position. The March 1989
does not apparently undermine their
Home Office Statistical Department
effectiveness. Moreover, why cannot
analysis of the prison population
the researchers see the positives of the
reveals that 28% of women prisoners
B scheme? The B schemes, if extend-
were black (22% of whom were
ed, would reach large numbers of peo-
described as being of ’West In-
ple, produce agreements and quite high
dian/Guyanese/African...
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