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Pressures on new probation staff hamper retention

Probation inspectorate finds current pressures on new probation staff counterproductive to long-term retention.

Uncontrolled before-after evaluation of Learning Disabilities offending behaviour programmes

An uncontrolled before-after evaluation of Kaizen programme for violent men shows promise.

Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful decarceration according to Dr Kathy Hampson and Dr Anne-Marie Day.

What’s on the horizon for 2025 in the world of criminal justice?

MoJ evaluation of unpaid work in the unified probation service

Research finds electronic monitoring of domestic abuse perpetrators on licence is a helpful tool but data is not easily accessible

The latest drug trends for the year ending March 2024 show small reductions in cannabis and crack cocaine use

Research into the lived experience of drug testing and Incentivised Substance Free Living wings (ISFLs) in three prisons

Government announces independent review of the Criminal Courts to be carried out by Sir Brian Leveson.

MoJ publishes 10-year prison capacity strategy promising 14,000 more prison places by 2031.

Prison Reform Trust calls for the radical transformation of the prison officer role