The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

POWER: THE ESSENTIAL WORKS
* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 15/04/01
POWERBOOK, THE
* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 29/04/01
PRESCOTT, JOHN
* John Prescott was at the centre of a furious row over his
decision to use private-sector lobbyists working for the transport
industry to advise him during the general election 18/03/01 B 3
1>4 Photograph
* Ed Vulliamy joins John Prescott, the Deputy PM on the New
York subway to hear his views on Kyoto, the Tube - and Miles
Davis 22/04/01 B 10 1>7 Photograph
PRESCOTT, SIR MARK
* Interview with Sir Mark Prescott - see Sport: Horse Racing
07/10/01
PRESTON, PETER
* Peter Preston comments on the newspaper tabloid, The Sun's
backing of Tony Blair - see Politics 06/05/01
* Columnist 13/05/01 B 18 2>6 Photograph
* Columnist 20/05/01 B 20 7>8 Photograph
* Columnist 27/05/01 B 17 1>3 Photograph
* Columnist 03/06/01 B 22 5>6 Photograph
* Columnist 10/06/01 X 13 1>3 Photographs
* Columnist 26/08/01 B 14 7>8 Photograph
* Columnist 09/12/01 B 27 1>5 Photographs
PRESTON, SIM
* See Music: Classical 25/11/01
PREVIN, ANDRE
* Andre Previn's Music Hour - see Radio 09/12/01
PRISONS & PRISONERS
* One of the killers of James Bulger could move into a new
home in the North-west within miles of the Bootle shopping
centre where the toddler was snatched - see Bulger, James
07/01/01
* The 'Malevolent Seven' whose escape from a Texas prison
sparked one of the biggest manhunts in American history got
away after being left unsupervised having a picnic - see
International Affairs: USA 07/01/01
* Two young Britons, jailed for attempting to smuggle drugs out
of Venezuela, have broken their parole and fled back to England
after fearing they would be killed 07/01/01 B 12 1>2
Photographs
* Saudi Arabian authorities are flouting international law by now
allowing British officials to visit a jailed Briton who faces public
execution - see International Affairs: Middle East 25/02/01
* Letters published in The Sun could keep James Bulger's killers
in jail…if they're genuine 25/02/01 B 12 1>7 Photographs
* Bullying regimes and a breakdown of respect for authority
have led to a staggering increase in violence at young offender
institutions 04/03/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs
* Crime pays handsomely for Britain's private jails 11/03/01 N
12 1>6 Photograph, graphs
* Prison officers will be told this week that they should call all
inmates by their first name or, if their charges prefer, Mr,
madam, Ms or Miss 20/05/01 B 1 2>4 Photograph
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* Britain will have the second biggest prison population in the
western world within six years 27/05/01 B 10 1>6 Photograph
* Prison drama - it features corruption, lesbianism, drugs and
violence - so no wonder millions of viewers love ITV's hit prison
drama even if the critics hate it - see Prisons & Prisoners
10/06/01
* A prisoner serving life in the so-called Bangkok Hilton, the
notorious Thai jail, is set to become the latest Briton abroad to be
freed due to a change in the Government's policy 10/06/01 B 9 7
Photograph
* Police from two forces in the North of England have launched
investigations into the leaking of pictures that could identify the
killers of James Bulger after their release from secure detention
17/06/01 B 1 2>5 Photograph
* The killers of James Bulger will learn this week if they can go
free, but new identities for Jon Venables and Robert Thompson
may not be enough to protect them from vigilantes 17/06/01 B
8>9 1>6 Photographs
* Ethnic minorities account for more than 20 per cent of
prisoners in jails in England and Wales, prompting fears the
criminal justice system is increasingly racially biased - see
Racism 24/06/01
* Thousands of inmates are trapped in the revolving door of
reoffending - few are taught the skills that would keep them free
- see Work 01/07/01
* Training persistent young offenders to drive forklift trucks is a
rehabilitation project at HM Young Offenders Institution in
Reading - see Work 08/07/01
* Report on the scandal of Britain's mentally ill who should be in
hospital, not prison - see Mental Health 29/07/01
* Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted of
the 1974 IRA pub bombing, has rejected a compensation offer of
less than £1m for the 16 years spent in jail - see Hill, Paddy
19/08/01
* A disabled prisoner has won compensation for discrimination
in a landmark case likely to lead to a catalogue of similar claims
26/08/01 B 8 5>7
* The Home Secretary has started a major review of sentencing
which could see greater political and public involvement in
dealing with offenders - two leading lawyers urge caution
02/09/01 B 23 1>5 Photographs
* A sailor who has spent the past 13 years trying to prove
himself innocent of murder and rape could soon be freed after
vital new evidence was uncovered in a police filing cabinet
21/10/01 B 11 1>7 Photographs
* Did Gloria Trevi, once Mexico's most successful pop star,
impregnate herself in prison to escape extradition on sexual
abuse charges? - see International Affairs: Cent. & S. America
28/10/01
* The French company responsible for the discredited asylum
voucher scheme is in line to win lucrative government contracts
to build and run two private prisons for women 11/11/01 B 12
5>6
* A plane-spotter who is one of 12 Britons being held in two of
Greece's notoriously overcrowded prisons on suspicion of spying
made an emotional plea for their freedom 18/11/01 B 5 1>5
Photograph
* The leader of a group of British plane-spotters held in prison in
Greece on suspicion of spying travelled to Turkey earlier this
year 02/12/01 B 2 2>5 Photograph
* The row over the imprisoned British plane-spotters threatened
to erupt into a major diplomatic incident 09/12/01 B 2 4>7
Photograph
* The 12 British plane-spotters held for more than a month in