January -- 1 item New!
February -- 5 items, all of which are New!
March -- 4 items, all of which are New!
April -- 4 items, all of which are New!
May -- 6 items, all of which are New!
June -- 4 items, all of which are New!

January 2017

All the items for January are New!

04 JAN....UNITED STATES: Laurens County Schools lead state in paddling
Long interview with a Georgia district superintendent and principal

February 2017

All the items for February are New!

07 FEB....NIGERIA: Man to receive seven strokes for trespass, possession of stolen items
Court orders the cane for an 18-year-old

09 FEB....UNITED STATES: School Board bans paddling
No more corporal punishment in a Tennessee district

18 FEB....MALAYSIA: Young robber jailed 15 years, caned (illustrated)
A two-stroke caning for a 21-year-old, pictured

21 FEB....UNITED STATES: Bill would end paddling in last of Kentucky schools
Legislative move to abolish CP in KY

23 FEB....UNITED STATES: At Opposite Ends Of The State, Two NC Schools Keep Paddling Alive (illustrated)
Remote North Carolina districts still using school CP; high-school principal's paddle is pictured

March 2017

All the items for March are New!

03 MAR....BOTSWANA: Captured prison escapee flogged (illustrated)
Seven strokes of the cane for 28-year-old, pictured

24 MAR....BOTSWANA: Man caned for disrupting police duty (illustrated)
Court orders offender, 21, pictured, to receive three strokes of the cane

29 MAR....UNITED KINGDOM: 42% of Leave voters back return of caning post-Brexit
Significant minority favour reintroduction of school CP, poll finds

30 MAR....NIGERIA: Teenager flogged for stealing phone
Ten strokes of the cane for thief, 18

April 2017

All the items for April are New!

12 APR....UNITED STATES: New private school in Addis slated for 2017-18
Louisiana Christian school will require students to accept corporal discipline

14 APR....MALAYSIA: Unemployed man jailed 22 years for robbery (illustrated)
And six strokes of the cane for youth, 21, pictured

21 APR....BOTSWANA: Petty thief whipped (illustrated)
Youth, 21, pictured, undergoes five strokes of the cane at court

28 APR....MALAYSIA: Govt has no plans to abolish corporal punishment in schools
Minister responding to pressure from UNICEF to ban caning

May 2017

All the items for May are New!

05 MAY....BOTSWANA: Man beats lover for having his baby (illustrated)
A criminologist says schools should retain caning

05 MAY....UNITED STATES: Report: 485 Colorado students spanked at school
CP abolition bill is defeated in Colorado State Senate

08 MAY....BARBADOS: To Flog or Not To Flog: Expert Says Corporal Punishment Has Its Place
A criminologist says schools should retain caning

08 MAY....UNITED STATES: School paddling ban fails in Louisiana House
Another proposal to prohibit spanking is overwhelmingly rejected

20 MAY....SINGAPORE: 17 years' jail, 24 strokes of cane for MacRitchie rapist (illustrated)
24-year-old Bangladeshi culprit is pictured after first rape case based on new sentencing framework

23 MAY....INDONESIA: Indonesian men caned for gay sex in Aceh (illustrated)
Two aged 20 and 23 get 85 strokes each in public in first case of JCP for homosexuality

June 2017

All the items for June are New!

06 JUN....UNITED STATES: New law forbids corporal punishment for some kids
Louisiana bans school paddling for certain special-needs students

07 JUN....MALAYSIA: Labourer gets 17 years, 26 strokes for rape, robbery (illustrated)
Severe punishment for 22-year-old, pictured

16 JUN....UNITED STATES: Jeff Davis Parish bans corporal punishment
No more paddling in a Louisiana school district

28 JUN....SINGAPORE: Man gets jail, cane for helping uncle rob man of phone (illustrated)
12 strokes of the cane for robber, 29, pictured