Prisons cost £4.2 billion in 2022/23
Latest MoJ information release gives cost per place and costs per prisoner by individual prison
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Latest MoJ information release gives cost per place and costs per prisoner by individual prison
Kate Herrity guest blogs on her new sensory criminology study of sound in prison.
The prison population is projected to increase to between 94,600 and 114,800 by March 2028, with a central estimate of 105,800.
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has published a 5-point plan to resolve the IPP crisis for good.
Prison Reform Trust finds glimmers of hope after a tumultuous year in prisons.
User Voice interviewed 111 people subject to the IPP sentence.
PPO Use of Force Policy Framework explains how and why all force used by prison officers must be necessary, reasonable and proportionate.
Jon Collins of the Prisoners, Education Trust reviews the evidence on prison education for the Clinks Evidence Library.
National Audit Office report shows exactly how the MoJ spent its £13bn budget.
Chief Prison Inspector talks of the appalling distress of seriously mentally ill prisoners who are stuck in prison waiting transfer to secure hospital.
“Sedative coping”, the capacity to suppress emotions to cope with decades inside, creates its own difficulties on release.
There was a welcome 8% increase in the number of people starting drug/alcohol treatment in prison last year.