The 2024 Butler Trust Awards
Butler Trust announce the winners of its awards for 2024/25.
Lessons from Swedish prisons
Natasha Porter of Unlocked Graduates guest posts on what we can learn from Swedish prisons.
Prison population predicted to reach 100,000 by 2029
The latest (December 2024) official data projects that the prison population will increase to between 95,700 and 105,200 by March 2029, with a central estimate of 100,800.
Welcome rise of numbers in drug & alcohol treatment
2023/24 treatment stats show welcome (7%) rise in numbers in drug & alcohol treatment.
Prison expansion cost balloons by 80%
National Audit Office report finds that the prison expansion plan was unrealistic and will cost at least 80% (£4.2bn) more
What do children know and think about sentencing?
The Sentencing Academy explores children’s knowledge and opinions about sentencing.
Ombudsman empowers peers to encourage complaints from prisoners
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman launches new IPCI Ambassador scheme to improve prisoner complaints process
Big increase in the number of Serious Further Offences
There were 700 Serious Further Offences in 2023/24, an increase of 33% on the previous year.
The human cost of a crumbling prison estate
New report from Independent Monitoring Boards is a graphic illustration of the human cost of a crumbling prison estate.
Peer mentoring in prisons
MoJ research on the effective delivery of peer mentoring in men’s prisons
Women’s experiences of crime and the criminal justice system
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology examines how the CJS can address violence and abuse against women and girls and how it can work effectively for women, as victims or offenders?
What do the public think about prisons?
The Sentencing Academy conducted a survey of public knowledge and attitudes to prison. Here’s what people think…
