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National Overdose Awareness and Naloxone campaign
The first national Overdose Awareness and Naloxone campaign highlights the importance of carrying life-saving medication to prevent fatal opiate overdose.

Women released from prison face structural disadvantage
HMPPS research finds brief psychological interventions for women in prison are promising, but struggle to make a difference in the face of the structural disadvantages faced on release.

Criminal Justice Quiz Easter 2021
Russell Webster’s traditional Easter criminal justice quiz

Needs assessment: risk, desistance and engagement
How needs assessment can promote engagement for people on probation.

Enabling Effective Probation Practice Using Complementary Digital Media
Jason Morris on designing digitally-enabled approaches to support desistance.

Postcards from the edge of prison lockdown
EPIC give prisoners a voice from inside lockdown by inviting them to send postcards from inside.
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