The profound and persisting impact of prison on mothers
Lucy Baldwin explores the persisting impact
of maternal imprisonment on maternal identity and role.
We need to do more to tackle fraud
Victims’ Commissioner finds 4.6 million people are affected by fraud each year and around 700,000 will go on to suffer profoundly.
New Spark Inside campaign for better mental health in prison
It’s Time is the new campaign for better mental health and wellbeing support for young people in prison from Spark Inside
The facts about long-term prisoners
Prison Reform Trust briefing gives the facts and figures about the 11,000 currently serving a sentence of 10 years or more in our prisons.
Effective probation practice with drug users
HMI Probation effective practice guide to working with drug users on probation
Post-pandemic prisons should be about more than containment
IMB annual report for 2020/21 urges joined-up working and properly staffed rehabilitation work as prisons come out of Covid ‘cold storage’
Mental health treatment in prison inadequate
Justice Committee calls for root and branch reform of mental health in prisons.
Children in care in the youth justice system
Dr Anne-Marie Day on the experiences and pathways of children in care in the youth justice system.
What’s it like being inspected by probation?
Jake Phillips’ research on how probation inspections impact on practitioners, practice and providers.
We need to tackle the surge in children remanded in custody
New Howard League project to tackle surging use of remand among children in custody.
The Year in Youth Justice (2020/21)
Youth Justice Board Annual Report for 2020/21 shows main trends.
Youth Justice Out of Court Disposals vary in quality
No standard approach to Out of Court youth justice disposals results in big variations in quality of delivery.