‘Me and the lads would not survive a day in here’: inside TV’s utterly stunning, Bafta-winning prison drama
The third series of Jimmy McGovern’s breathtaking series Time stars David Tennant – and just be its best ever. We go behind the scenes“I don’t think you would find a young offender institution (YOI) in which stories like these haven’t happened. Seventeen…
Legal rights must be retained for children with special educational needs | Letters
Campaigners and Send parents including Chris Packham, Carrie Grant and Sally Phillips urge ministers to work with families and organisations to preserve individual provision and improve accountability in the systemThe legal rights of children and young…
Here’s what connects the Cornell alleged rape case to those before: accused men not being held to serious account | Emma Brockes
There was progress after #MeToo, but not enough. Certainly not enough to shift the assumptions that still protect men and denigrate victimsIf the past is another country, and there is nothing so poignant as the innocence of recent history, then there is…
Two men serving indefinite jail sentences freed after two decades
Convicted pair, plus third man released in August, have IPPs replaced after serving much longer than minimum termsTwo men jailed with indefinite sentences for public protection (IPPs) have been freed after each serving about two decades in custody…
Who owns ‘brain rot’?: inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme
Copyright law in the US only applies to human-made creations, but AI characters like Tung Tung Tung Sahur are challenging thatOne of the most beloved characters in an absurdist genre of online video content has become the center of an international legal…
‘Sadness, cynicism and deep disappointment’: the Cornell gang-rape case and the failure of #MeToo
As the university and local police defend their treatment of the alleged perpetrators, women decry a familiar storyStudent safety advocates in the US call the start of the fall semester at universities “the red zone”. Fraternities, sororities and…
Releasing prisoners won’t solve the crisis in English and Welsh jails. Here’s what will | Enver Solomon
Ministers need to level with the public about what current prison sentences look like – who needs to be locked up and for how longEnver Solomon is chief executive of Nacro, the criminal justice charity‘Thank you Andy Burnham’: prisoners react as they…
Esther Rantzen, TV presenter and Childline founder, dies aged 86
Rantzen announced lung cancer diagnosis in 2023 and became a vocal assisted-dying campaigner• From Childline to changing TV for ever: Esther Rantzen’s revolutionary life• Esther Rantzen: from That’s Life! to Childline – in picturesEsther Rantzen, the…
Unfair method of splitting pensions can add to the pain of divorce | Letters
Richard Nobbs draws attention to fundamental flaw in way pension assets are split on divorce and calls on Labour to actYour article on the impact of the escalating cost of living on divorce settlements (Unhappy couples staying put due to cost of living…
A change in prison culture is vital – as is more money to reduce overcrowding | Letters
Vicki Cardwell, Phil Hind and Stephen Evans respond to an interview with Pia Sinha, the head of the Prison Reform TrustPia Sinha’s significant expertise inside and out of the prison system makes her a voice to trust on why our jails are struggling badly…