The 12 Cs of collective safeguarding
The 12 Cs Collective Safeguarding Responsibility Model
Little progress on working with women in prison and on probation
Joint inspection finds little progress on work with women in prison and on probation.
The latest resources for Justice Professionals
The most recent additions to the Butler Trust’s Knowledge Exchange site for prison, probation and youth justice practitioners.
All aspects of prison life damaged by population crisis
The 2024 IMB annual report paints a dismal picture of prison life with every aspect damaged by the population crisis.
Are our courts becoming more secret?
Courtwatch London reports on (the lack of) open justice in the capital’s Magistrates’ Courts.
More prison officers, fewer probation practitioners
HMPPS workforce figures to March 2024 show 1,396 more prison officers than last year and 334 fewer probation practitioners.
Emotional impact of fraud worse than financial loss
The emotional impact of online fraud is worse than the financial hit, even when the loss was tens of thousands of pounds, according to a Crest Advisory study.
The impact of court fines on people on low incomes
Centre for Justice Innovation report on the impact of court fines on people on low income.
The facts behind the prison overcrowding crisis
As police custody suites are once again used to hold people in prison, we analyse the reasons for our prison overcrowding crisis.
Access to the private rented sector for prison leavers
Clinks Advisory Group reports on the increasing difficulties for people leaving prison to find rented accommodation.
HMPPS CFO employment intervention cuts reoffending
Justice Data Lab finds that HMPPS CFO employment intervention cuts reoffending by 8 percentage points for men when delivered in the community.
The latest prison and probation trends – Spring 2024
Offender management statistics show a jump in the prison population, the highest ever numbers on remand and (another) increase in prison recalls.
