More resources for justice professionals
The latest additions to the Butler Trust’s Knowledge Exchange site for prison, probation and youth justice practitioners.
What works in prison education?
Jon Collins of the Prisoners, Education Trust reviews the evidence on prison education for the Clinks Evidence Library.
How did the MoJ spend its £13bn budget?
National Audit Office report shows exactly how the MoJ spent its £13bn budget.
Supporting racially minoritised young people transitioning to adulthood
AYJ briefing explores how racially minoritised young people experience particularly destabilising transitions due to deficits in support before and after turning 18.
“Appalling distress” of seriously mentally ill prisoners
Chief Prison Inspector talks of the appalling distress of seriously mentally ill prisoners who are stuck in prison waiting transfer to secure hospital.
“Sedative coping” in life sentence prisoners
“Sedative coping”, the capacity to suppress emotions to cope with decades inside, creates its own difficulties on release.
The Sequential Intercept Model – trauma-informed diversion
HMI Probation Academic Insight on the Sequential Intercept Model – a trauma-informed diversionary framework.
Our criminal records system is more punitive than the US
FairChecks finds criminal record disclosure requirements in England and Wales much more punitive than the US.
The State of Youth Justice (2024)
Annual Youth Justice Statistics paint a mixed picture.
Prison drug treatment trends 2024
There was a welcome 8% increase in the number of people starting drug/alcohol treatment in prison last year.
Prison Trends January 2024
January 2024 Offender Management Statistics show big increases in prison population, remands, prison punishments & licence recalls.
Mental health crisis forces prisoners into inhumane isolation
IMB report highlights the prison service practice of using segregation as a way of managing and caring for prisoners with severe mental health needs owing to a lack of alternative provision.
