Former prisoners share their experiences of sex in prison

The Commission on Sex in Prison's final report features accounts from former prisoners speaking for the first time about their experiences of sex behind bars

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Imprisoning children may lead to sexual offences in adulthood

Sending children to prison may make them more likely to commit sexual offences in adulthood, Britain's first ever independent review of sex behind bars has found.

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Ministers urged to investigate prison rape

 

The Government has been urged to take the problem of prison rape more seriously as figures suggested that hundreds of prisoners may have been sexually abused behind bars.

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Women in prison: Commission finds evidence of consensual and coercive sex

The Commission on Sex in Prison has found evidence of consensual and coercive sex in women's prisons.

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Sex in prison: jails struggle to strike consistent approach to public health challenge

The Commission on Sex in Prison has published its first briefing paper on consensual sex among men in prison.

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Presentation to Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Commission on Sex in Prison was invited to present a workshop at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on 7 February 2013.

 

Professor Pamela Taylor, School of Medicine, Cardiff University and Lorraine Atkinson, senior policy officer at the Howard League for Penal Reform spoke about the aims and objectives of the Commission on Sex in Prison, the work of the Commission and the proposed outcomes of the two year inquiry.

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Commission on Sex in Prison calls for evidence

Current and former prisoners, prison staff and agencies working in jails are being urged to share their views in the first-ever review of sex behind bars in England and Wales

 

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