Numbers remanded in and sentenced to custody keep growing
February 2025 criminal justice statistics show even more people remanded in and sent to custody last year.
Racial disproportionality in violence affecting children and young people
Youth Endowment Fund report finds Black children more likely to be affected by violence.
Prison and probation staffing problems worsen (winter 2024/25)
Latest HMPPS workforce figures show falls in number of prison and probation officers
The challenges facing resettlement officers in YOIs
Anne-Marie Day highlights a number of challenges faced by Resettlement Officers in English Young Offender’s Institutions.
Politicians’ desire to be tough on crime drives prison overcrowding
Part 1 of Sentencing Review says politicians’ desire to be tough on crime drives prison overcrowding
Justice spending in England & Wales
The Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis of how justice spending in England & Wales has fallen over last two decades.
Child-centred casework in youth justice
HM Inspectorate of Probation Academic Insight into the key components of high-quality child-centred casework in youth justice
10 New Prison Facts From The Winter 2024/5 Bromley Briefing
Prison Reform Trust highlights out of control recall rates.
Global female incarceration on the rise
The sixth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List shows female prison population growing faster than male population worldwide.
Fixing Fixed Term Prison Recalls
Catch22 calls for community alternatives to Fixed Term Prison Recalls
Unpaid work improving but potential not realised
Probation inspectors find improvements in delivering unpaid work but its full potential to deliver effective punishment and essential life skills is yet to be realised.
Probation unification two years on
Research show how high workloads and staffing challenges continue to hamper probation unification.
