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Urgent call for PM to end the hidden injustice in British prisons

JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Exclusive: As judges begin to overturn indefinite jail terms handed to children and young people – and hundreds more cases are being reviewed – Vera Baird, chair of the miscarriages of justice watchdog, demands that Andy Burnham take ‘wholesale’ action to address the scandal.…

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The Guardian view on the Criminal Cases Review Commission: after Malkinson errors, trust must be earned back

Editorial: A review ordered by Vera Baird should help the body tasked with identifying miscarriages of justice to rebuild itself

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David Sullivan’s Sport newspapers used sexualised images of underage girls as ‘bait for predatory men’

Former victims’ commissioner says publication ‘deliberately came as close as possible to breaking the law’

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Officials who made errors before Southport murders ‘may still be making same mistakes’

Former victims’ commissioner Vera Baird says disciplinary action is essential to ensure people are held accountable

The Guardian - UK

Police with violence, harassment and assault convictions still serving in UK forces despite pledge to crack down on rogue officers

Exclusive: Former victims’ commissioner says it’s shocking police chiefs ‘think it’s OK to send an abuser out’ to respond to victims of crime. Alex Ross reports

The Independent UK

This must be a turning point in the fight to end indefinite detentions

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Criminal Cases Review Commission is right to refer five IPP prisoners to the appeal courts – Vera Baird’s decision must now be a spur to ministers to finally do the right thing

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Lady Newlove obituary

Former legal secretary who became a passionate and articulate advocate for the victims of crime

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Criminal cases review body ‘must win back trust’ as interim chairwoman announced

Dame Vera Baird KC will carry out an urgent review into the running of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Evening Standard

An empty apology from the CPS? That’s no justice for rape victims

By asking for a not guilty verdict instead of a trial, the Crown Prosecution Service allows guilty defendants to walk free, says former solicitor general Vera Baird

The Guardian - UK

Crime victims in UK fight ‘devastating’ practice that stops appeal after a case is dropped

Senior law officers urged to intervene over potential wrongful acquittals when Crown Prosecution Service offers no evidence

The Guardian - UK

Violence against women and girls should get swift justice too, says ex-victims commissioner

Vera Baird says fast-tracking rape and sexual assault cases could have ‘significant deterrent’

The Independent UK

Women treated like meat and subjected to unjustified strip searches in police custody, damning report finds

‘The only reason they did what they did was to degrade me ... If I was a man, I don’t think they would’ve done it,’ one woman tells inquiry into Greater Manchester Police

The Independent UK

Nursing watchdog failing to investigate thousands of complaints amid concerns rogue staff going unchecked

Exclusive: Former Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird KC says ‘enormous’ backlog is ‘worryingly high’ and called for urgent action

The Independent UK

UK’s ‘broken’ criminal justice system is in ‘chaos’, former victims’ tsar warns

Exclusive: Dame Vera Baird accuses ministers of seeking to avoid criticim of ‘poor’ policies by failing to appoint new victims commissioner

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The Guardian - UK

‘Heartless’ government fails to fill two key human rights watchdog roles

Campaigners say rape and trafficking victims have been betrayed by the Tories’ failure to appoint commissioners to defend them

The Independent UK

Inquiry to examine women’s treatment in Greater Manchester Police custody - OLD

The inquiry led by former victims’ commissioner Dame Vera Baird will focus on the use of strip searches and intimate checks.

Daily Mirror

Home Office treatment of children 'a gift to traffickers' as experts slam 'casual racism'

Former independent commissioners Dame Sara Thornton and Dame Vera Baird accuse the government of victim blaming amid reports of hundreds of children disappearing from hotels housing asylum seekers

Wales Online

Lancashire Police to conduct 'internal review' into Nicola Bulley investigation

The force is under fire after sharing details of the missing mother-of-two's struggles with alcohol and the menopause

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Nicola Bulley - latest: Father hopes for ‘breakthrough’ three weeks after dog walker’s disappearance

Mum-of-two was battling side effects caused by peri menopause

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‘This wouldn’t happen if it was Nicholas’: Nicola Bulley police condemned for ‘sexist error’

Police said Nicola Bulley was suffering with menopause and alcohol related stressors

Irish Mirror

Nicola Bulley latest: Police ‘made sexist error when giving details about missing mum's struggles’

Lancashire Police has been criticised over its handling of the case of missing Nicola Bulley

Chronicle Live

Police searching for Nicola Bulley made 'sexist' error says former Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird

Dame Vera Baird - who was Northumbria's elected Police and Crime Commissioner for seven years - said the team investigating Nicola Bulley's disappearance had made a "sexist error".

Wales Online

Police may have broken law by releasing Nicola Bulley's private information

The Information Commissioner has asked the force to justify their actions

The Independent UK

Nicola Bulley police ‘made sexist error’ on release of personal struggles

Police said Nicola Bulley was suffering with menopause and alcohol related stressors

The Independent UK

Police ‘made sexist error when giving details about Nicola Bulley’s struggles’

Dame Vera Baird said she believed Lancashire Constabulary had made a ‘dreadful error’ in disclosing the missing mother-of-two’s vulnerabilities.

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