Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, says prison officers get just six weeks' training as she deals with a query about prison officers being sadists in the Independent's "You ask the questions" slot.
Henry G Manson at PoliticalBetting gives five reasons why the Royal Mail row could be more damaging to Labour than the 10p tax debacle.
Alix Mortimer at the People's Republic of Mortimer blogged live from the Convention on Modern Liberty.
And LabourList blogged from the Progress conference on Labour's campaigning in the internet age.
Tim Luckhurst in the Independent says Scotland is in danger of becoming the first modern democracy without proper newspapers available to scrutinise its politicians.
Dominic Lawson in the Sunday Times on how the Camerons may have helped to change public attitudes towards disability, and how this could benefit children at risk of "death by indifference".
