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Prison
How to foster leadership in future prisons

Latest blog post on the RSA Future Prisons report which looks at the key issues of leadership, governor automony and devolution as drivers of penal reform.

Policing
Should we decriminalise sex work?

New report from Home Affairs Committee recommends legalising prostitution to protect sex workers from being criminalised and stigmatised.

Prison
How are our prisons changing?

The latest edition of the Prison Reform Trust’s Bromley Briefings shows the desperate state of the prison system in revealing detail.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling
The latest global drug trends

The 2016 Global Drug Survey reveals the world’s 10 most popular illegal drugs and charts the rise of laughing gas and resurgence of Ecstasy.

On Probation
Jobs, Friends and Houses

How new Social Enterprise “Jobs, Friends and Houses” is helping turn round the lives of offenders in Blackpool.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling
The latest drug-related harms and responses

The final post in a series on the EMCDDA’s 2016 report on drug use in Europe finds a continuing decline in HIV but a worrying rise in drug-related deaths.

Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling
Interesting drug and alcohol facts June 2016

June 2016 round up of interesting drug and alcohol facts from Andrew Brown focuses on Scottish Prisoner survey, rough sleeping and poisonings among teenagers.

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