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Disabled woman describes her long-stay hospital abuse ordeal

By John Pring on 20th June 2019 Category: Human Rights

Disabled woman describes her long-stay hospital abuse ordeal
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A young disabled woman has described the abuse she experienced in a charity-run mental health hospital, and has called for more to be done to close such long-stay institutions. Abigail Donohoe (pictured) spent more than six years in mental health hospitals […]

Ministers ‘should be held accountable for huge rise in prison suicides’

By John Pring on 23rd February 2017 Category: Human Rights

Ministers ‘should be held accountable for huge rise in prison suicides’
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Ministers should be held accountable for the “extraordinary” rise in self-harm in prisons, including nearly 120 suicides last year, MPs and peers have been told. Members of the joint committee on human rights, who were hearing evidence from four prison reform […]

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