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8th October 2007
Conference:
How to Reduce Needless Prison Overcrowding -
Some Practical Solutions
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The Guardian, 14 May 2009
Long sentences for drug mules were never going to act as a deterrent
These naive smugglers are typically badly educated single mothers coerced into crime, says Olga Heaven
It was heartening to read that prison sentences for "drug mules" - men and women who are used to carry drugs into the UK - could be reduced to less than two years (Long jail terms do not deter drug barons, say advisers, 23 April). As the Sentencing Advisory Panel members said: "They are very often naive, vulnerable men and women from third world countries whose fates are totally disregarded by those at the top of the drug supply chain." more>>

ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
5, May 2009
International Organisation for Migation
Straddling the Border: Drug Mules and Human Trafficking
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25th October 2007
Stopping Ghana's Drug Trade
London based charity Hibiscus, which
looks after foreign nationals in British
prisons, has been to Ghana to educate
young people about the dangers of
becoming drug mules. Visit the BBC
website for a report by Guy Smith on
Hibiscuscampaign in Ghana
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15th June 2006
Charity Awards
The winners of the Charity
Awards 2006 were announced at
a gala presentation dinner on 15
June. Hibiscus received the
overall award for excellence in
charity management...
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19th January 2006
BBC Story follows a mother who
returns home to Jamaica after
serving her sentence in the UK.
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3rd October 2005
Visit the BBC news website
where they are featuring a Drug
couriers story.
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