HMP Bronzefield – World Justice News

Should pregnant women be spared jail? Sentencing Council reviews the impact of prison on unborn babies

October 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Sentencing Council is examining whether pregnancy should be a stronger reason not to send a female offender to jail. It launched a consultation last month which will examine the potential impact of being pregnant […]

HMP Bronzefield baby death: Mother was ‘failed’ says inspectors

September 22, 2021 World Justice News 0

An 18-year-old inmate who lost her baby at Europe’s largest women’s prison should never have given birth alone in her cell, according to a critical report from inspectors. The baby died in September 2019 at […]

Sally Challen murder conviction quashed over husband’s death

February 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

A woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack after saying she suffered decades of abuse has won an appeal to have her murder conviction quashed. Sally Challen, 65, of Claygate, Surrey, admitted killing […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]