The latest prison and probation trends – Spring 2024
Offender management statistics show a jump in the prison population, the highest ever numbers on remand and (another) increase in prison recalls.
Employment and training in prison and the community
Clinks Advisory Group reports on employment and training in prisons and the community.
An A-Z of key research messages
The probation inspectorate publishes an A-Z of key research messages to build a common understanding of key concepts in probation and youth justice
Improving behaviour in prisons
Prisons inspectorate explores what eight best prisons have in common
Keeping children out of the justice system
Young advocates report explore routes into the justice system for young people and, critically, pathways out of it.
The interventions landscape for probation
Probation inspectorate overview of the current difficulties with intervention delivery post-unification.
Murderers, their victims and drug & alcohol treatment
New linked data sets explore the use of substance misuse services by victims and suspects of homicide.
The Probation Service’s work with domestic abuse offenders
Guest blog by Nicole Renehan & David Gadd on what can be learned from the Building Better Relationships intervention with domestic abuse offenders.
People with lived experience enhance prison education
A lived experience consultant from Prisoners’ Education Trust writes about their experience in enhancing prison education.
Criminal Justice Quiz Easter 2024
Russell Webster’s traditional Bank Holiday criminal justice quiz, Easter 2024 edition.
Sport interventions for resettlement
Haydn Morgan & Andrew Parker examine sport and physical activity as interventions for resettlement.
Prisons cost £4.2 billion in 2022/23
Latest MoJ information release gives cost per place and costs per prisoner by individual prison