Rebecca Lawrence

Rebecca Lawrence is a Lecturer in Law at Birmingham City University, and is in the final year of her PhD studies at the University of Exeter. Prior to beginning her PhD, she completed an Mres in Legal Research at Exeter and the BCL and BA in Jurisprudence (with French Law) at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on prisoner rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, and her research interests lie primarily in European human rights law, criminal justice and penology.

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The Use of Restraints against Prisoners Receiving Medical Treatment: The PPO Report into the Death of Peter Sutcliffe

The Use of Restraints against Prisoners Receiving Medical Treatment: The PPO Report into the Death of Peter Sutcliffe

Image description: several handcuffs hanging from a rod in prison. The report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (‘PPO’) into the death of Peter Coonan, formerly known as Peter Sutcliffe, casts light on a systemic failure to ...